Abasha
[2] It is situated between the rivers of Abasha and Noghela, at 23m above sea level and is located some 283 km (176 mi) to the west of Tbilisi.The modern history of Abasha is primarily associated with a resonant Soviet-era economic experiment introduced by the Georgian Communist party chief Eduard Shevardnadze in the 1970s.In 1971, Shevardnadze grouped all regional agricultural institutions, including the kolkhoz, into a single management association.The move facilitated local initiative and coordination and led to a rapid increase in agricultural production in the previously very poor Abasha District.Early in the 1980s, the "Abasha experiment" was expanded, with varying degrees of success, to other regions of Georgia.