Abrau-Dyurso or Abrau-Durso () is a rural locality (a '' selo'') under the administrative jurisdiction of the
City
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of
Novorossiysk
Novorossiysk (, ; ) is a city in Krasnodar Krai, Russia. It is one of the largest ports on the Black Sea. It is one of the few cities designated by the Soviet Union as a Hero City. The population was
History
In antiquity, the shores of the ...
in
Krasnodar Krai
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,
Russia
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. It is located on the shore of Lake Abrau, west of Novorossiysk. It should not be confused with the ''
khutor
A khutor ( ; rus, хутор, p=ˈxutər) or khutir (, ) is a type of rural locality in some countries of Eastern Europe; in the past the term mostly referred to a single- homestead settlement.Dyurso,Resolution #2741-P of the Legislative Assembly of Krasnodar Krai of December 19, 2006 ''On Establishing the Borders of the City of Novorossiysk of Krasnodar Krai and of the Administrative-Territorial Units Under Its Jurisdiction''. Items 4.8 (Abrau-Dyurso) and 4.10 (Dyurso). () which is located to the south, where the Dyurso River enters the
Black Sea
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, and which is sometimes incorrectly considered to be a part of Abrau-Dyurso.Idisuda.ru Population:
History
The settlement was founded on November 25, 1870 as a royal winery which was to provide wine for the
Tsar
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's household. These plans were brought to fruition twenty-one years later, when Prince
Lev Golitsyn
Prince Lev Sergeyevich Golitsyn (; 24 August 1845 – 26 December 1915) was a Russian winemaker of the 1890s. He established the production of sparkling wines in Russia.
Biography
Lev Sergeyevich was born into the aristocratic House of Golitsyn ...
, renowned for his Crimean vineyards of
Massandra
Massandra or Masandra (; ; ) is an urban-type settlement in the Yalta Municipality in Crimea.
Occupying the spot of an ancient Greek settlement (Tavrida-Ταυρίδα), Masandra was acquired by Counts Potocki in 1783.
In the mid-19th centur ...
and Novy Svet, was appointed Surveyor of Imperial Vineyards at Abrau-Dyurso. It was he who brought to Russia a team of skilled winemakers from France. By 1897, Abrau-Dyurso boasted champagne cellars containing in excess of 13,000 bottles.
The
Russian Revolution
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of 1917 brought an end to Abrau-Dyurso's prosperity, if only for a short time. The French specialists fled Russia, but their work was continued by their Russian apprentices. Throughout the Soviet period, Abrau-Dyurso was reputed for its sparkling wine, which was marketed under the name of Sovetskoye Shampanskoye ("Soviet Champagne").
Economy
Abrau-Dyurso is the center of Russia's most important wine-growing region.
In August 2002, the local earth dam located upstream of the Dyurso River collapsed, washing away some of the grape fields in the Dyurso Valley and killing 2 people.
As of 2005, the local winery, Abrau-Durso, produced 5,800,000 bottles of sparkling wine. There is a museum of sparkling wines on its grounds.