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Abrau-Dyurso or Abrau-Durso (russian: Абрау-Дюрсо) is a rural locality (a '' selo'') under the administrative jurisdiction of the
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Novorossiysk Novorossiysk ( rus, Новоросси́йск, p=nəvərɐˈsʲijsk; ady, ЦIэмэз, translit=Chəməz, p=t͡sʼɜmɜz) 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 hono ...
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. It is located on the shore of
Lake Abrau Abrau (Russian: Абрау; from the Abkhaz word for "sinkhole") is a karst lake in Russia, the largest in Krasnodar Krai. It lies at 84 metres above sea level, among the foothills of the Forecaucasus, about 14 kilometres from the Black Sea ...
, west of Novorossiysk. It should not be confused with the '' khutor'' of 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
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, and which is sometimes incorrectly considered to be a part of Abrau-Dyurso.Idisuda.ru
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History

The settlement was founded on November 25, 1870 as a royal winery which was to provide wine for the
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's household. These plans were brought to fruition twenty-one years later, when Prince Lev Golitsyn, renowned for his Crimean vineyards of Massandra and
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, 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
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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.


References


External links


Official website of the Abrau-Dyurso wineriesPhotos from Abrau-Durso
{{Authority control Rural localities in Krasnodar Krai Populated places established in 1870 Wine regions of Russia 1870 establishments in the Russian Empire