Shabo (; or ) is a selo of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion,

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, situated at the Dniester Liman, some 7 km downstream of

Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi (, ; ; ), historically known as Aq Kirmān () or by other names, is a port city in Odesa Oblast, southwestern Ukraine. It is situated on the right bank of the Dniester Estuary leading to the Black Sea, in the historical r ...

. It hosts the administration of Shabo rural hromada, one of the

hromada In Ukraine, a hromada () is the main type of municipality and the third level Administrative divisions of Ukraine, local self-government in Ukraine. The current hromadas were established by the Cabinet of ministers of Ukraine, Government of Uk ...

s of Ukraine.

History

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village was established , called ' "the lower vineyards" (attested 1788). The name was subsequently simplified to ''Shabag'' and finally to ''Shaba / Shabo''. After the conquest of

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by the

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and its annexation by Russia in 1812, the region suffered a population drain to the

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. Shabo in 1812 had been deserted by all but three or four families. Emperor

Alexander I Alexander I may refer to: * Alexander I of Macedon, king of Macedon from 495 to 454 BC * Alexander I of Epirus (370–331 BC), king of Epirus * Alexander I Theopator Euergetes, surnamed Balas, ruler of the Seleucid Empire 150-145 BC * Pope Alex ...

decided to re-populate the region, in 1822 inviting Swiss settlers from

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, led by , to cultivate vineyards at Shabo. The descendants of these settlers inhabit Shabo to the present day, and Shabo wine remains famous for its quality. In 1889, the village Osnovy was founded in what is now southern Ukraine by settlers from Shabo. Osnovy became a significant grape plantation and winemaking site, where the wine was exported through the port of Brytany (present-day Dnipriany). Osnovy eventually merged into Dnipriany in 1957. Since 2023, Shabo wines are protected in Ukraine as Chabag (Protected Designation of Origin) and Acha-Abag (Protected Geographical Indication).

Gallery

File:Shabo Swiss Graveyard.jpg, Swiss Graveyard File:Центр культуры вина Шабо.jpg, Shabo Winery File:Shabo Museum.jpg, Shabo Museum File:Виноградники Шабо. Мерло.jpg,

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grape vines File:FC Laharpe.jpg, Frédéric-César de la Harpe, Swiss teacher of Alexander I.

References

Notes

Sources

*Charles Upson Clark, ''Bessarabia: Russia and Roumania on the Black Sea'' (1927)
chapter 8

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