Dzari

Settlement in South Ossetia
Village in South Ossetia, Georgia
Dzari
Ossetian: Зар
Georgian: ძარი
Village
42°17′36″N 43°52′19″E / 42.29333°N 43.87194°E / 42.29333; 43.87194
Country Georgia
De facto stateSouth Ossetia[n 1]
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total178
Time zoneUTC+4 (Georgian Time)

Dzari (Georgian: ძარი, Ossetian: Зар Zar, Russian: Зар) is a settlement at the head of the river Kornisistskali (left tributary of the Eastern Fron) in the Tskhinvali District[2] of South Ossetia, Georgia.[3] It is located 12 kilometers west of Tskhinvali. Community center, villages: Brili, Gardanta, Dampaleti, Zemo Dodoti, Kverneti, Mebrune, Rustavi, Kvemo Dodoti, Chelekhsata, Jabita.

Geography

Located on Shida Kartli plain. 1200 meters (4,049 foot) above sea level.

History

According to 1847 data, Dzari was included in the villages of the Kornisi Valley and was inhabited by ethnic Ossetians. Until 1991 it was part of the Tskhinvali region. It has been occupied by Russia since 2008 and de facto controls Republic of South Ossetia.

On May 20, 1992, on the road from the village, the Zar tragedy occurred — during which a column of Ossetian refugees were shot and killed by Georgian militants.

The village is famous for the "Zarskaya bypass road", or "The road of life" from Tskhinvali to Vladikavkaz. A memorial complex to the victims of the war was built on the territory of the village.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ South Ossetia's status is disputed. It considers itself to be an independent state, but this is recognised by only a few other countries. The Georgian government and most of the world's other states consider South Ossetia de jure a part of Georgia's territory.

References

  1. ^ "RESULTS GENERAL POPULATION CENSUS REPUBLIC OF SOUTH OSSETIA" (PDF). ugosstat.ru. 2015. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
  2. ^ Dzari, Georgia Mindat.org
  3. ^ Президиум Верховного Совета Грузинской Советской Социалистической Республики (1988). Грузинская ССР. Административно-территориальное деление на 1 января 1987 г. Тбилиси: Сабчота Сакартвело. p. 272.
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