Shabo, Odessa Oblast

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Shabo
Шабо
Village
St. Nicholas Church
St. Nicholas Church
Shabo is located in Odessa Oblast
Shabo
Shabo
Location in Ukraine
Coordinates: Coordinates: 46°8′N 30°23′E / 46.133°N 30.383°E / 46.133; 30.383
Country Ukraine
Oblast Odessa Oblast
RaionBilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion
Population
 • Total7,100

Shabo (Ukrainian: Шабо, Romanian: Şaba, population 7,100) is a town of the Odesa Oblast, Ukraine, situated at the Dniester Liman, some 7 km downstream of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi.

The Tatar village was established ca. 1500, called Acha-abag "the lower vineyards" (attested 1788). The name was subsequently simplified to Shabag and finally to Shaba / Shabo. After the conquest of Bessarabia by the Russian Empire, the region suffered a population drain to the Ottoman Empire. Shabo in 1812 had been deserted by all but three or four families. Alexander I decided to re-populate the region, in 1822 inviting Swiss settlers of Vaud to cultivate the vineyards of Shabo. The descendants of these settlers inhabit Shabo to the present day, and Shabo wine remains famous for its quality.

Gallery[]

  • Swiss Graveyard in Shabo.

  • Frédéric-César de la Harpe, Swiss teacher of Alexander I.

  • Wineyards in Shabo

References[]

  • Charles Upson Clark, Bessarabia: Russia and Roumania on the Black Sea (1927), chapter 8.
  • Gander-Wolf, Heidi (15 May 2014). "Once a Swiss Winegrower Colony CHABAG in Russia, Now a Modern Wine-Culture Center SHABO in the Ukraine" (PDF). Swiss American Historical Society Review. pre–print. Retrieved 25 May 2020.

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