Maradidi

Abstract

Maradidi is the oldest center of sailing on the border of Georgia, surrounded by mountains. Niko Mari indicates about
Maradidi as a country with a boatbuilding tradition in his work "From a trip to Lazeti, Turkey". According to the Treaty of
Kars, sailors coming from Ottomans could travel freely and were attracted up to Kapandibi and even Batomi. Maradidi is a
village rich in natural healing waters. Already in the nineteenth century, the doctor of Adjara District, Zhilinski, in the village
of Maradidi, Mazri Gonia, discovered acidic water, which rose from the ground as thick as a thumb, and it was not inferior to
seltzer waters. In 1884, the first primary school was opened in Maradidi village. Tea, tobacco, corn, grapes, laurel and other
agricultural crops were grown in Maradidi. Maradidi village has rich labor and fighting traditions. The article presents the
history of one village based on archival documentary material.