Seedlings of Japanese cherry, brought to the city over Uzh in 1923 from Austria. Nowadays, cherry trees are distributed throughout Uzhgorod. Most of them can be observed in the area of Galagi. The fact is that in the 1920s and 1930s, the Czech authorities actively developed this part of the city. Today it is the center of Uzhgorod. In the Czechoslovakian period of Glagov was a very swampy area. That is why the local soil was not suitable for many trees. The Czechs decided to plant cherry trees in Galaga, which have successfully taken root in a soft and humid climate.
All over the world known brand Transcarpathian cognacs "Tisa", "Uzhgorod"and " Carpathians". No less popular are ordinary cognacs "Three stars", "Five stars", "Transcarpathian", "Nevitsky castle"and " Beskids". Their production is a fairly young branch of winemaking in Transcarpathia. It was founded in 1959 in the village of Bolshye Lazy, Uzhgorod district, where the first batch of cognac alcohol was poured into oak barrels. Subsequently, in 1961, the Transcarpathian cognac factory was established. On it in 1962, the first batch of ordinary cognac "Three stars"was born. Its vintage counterpart "Tisa" came off the Assembly line in 1967 and was immediately highly appreciated by tasters, and subsequently won two silver medals at international exhibitions. During the years 1967-1970 there was a rapid expansion of the plant's production. Gradually, all the production facilities of the Transcarpathian cognac factory were relocated to the regional center. That is why, a little later, in 1977, the Transcarpathian cognac factory officially began to be called Uzhgorod cognac factory.
Kolochava consists of five farms: Lazi, Hump, Bradolets, Sukhar, Mereshor, and the length of Kolochava is more than 15 kilometers.
Kolochava was once famous for the novel "Nikolai shugay" by the Czech Communist writer Ivan Olbracht. A novel dedicated to the fate of the last Carpathian Robin Oleksa. Until now, Kolochava is visited annually by many tourists from the Czech Republic.
Kolochava is known primarily as a village-Museum. There are as many as ten Museum institutions operating here. They are dedicated to folk architecture, narrow-gauge railway, bokorash Soviet school, Czech school, Arpad line, internationalist soldiers, UPA soldiers and Ivan Olbracht. Each Museum impresses with its uniqueness and uniqueness.
The Habsburgs are a powerful dynasty of German and Austrian emperors, Spanish, Czech and Hungarian kings. Hapsburgs originate from the Swiss Aargau, and they moved to Austria at the end of the XIII century.
In 1379, the Habsburg dynasty split into two branches: Albrecht (Upper and lower Austria) and Leopold (other lands). The Albrecht branch received the crown of the Holy Roman Empire of the German nation and for the first time United the Austrian lands with the lands of the Czech and Hungarian crown (1437-1457), including Transcarpathia.
The local climate is favorable for viticulture, and already in the middle ages, forests were cut down here to plant vacant land plots with vines. The local wine was first mentioned in 1417. Grapes enriched the region, making It one of the richest settlements in the region. The son of the owner of the middle Istvan Dobo in the XVI century expanded the wine cellars with the help of the labor of captured Turks. According to legend, the captured Turks were so cruelly exploited in these works that they all died. For a long time, local residents called srednyanskie basements not otherwise than "Turkish".
Now the total length of the Serednyansky basements is almost 4 km. In the XVII century, middle-class wines were even exported to Western Europe.
