Shabo: Wine and Prosperity on the Russian Steppe
Journal: Kritika
Year: 2018

ShaboWine and Prosperity on the Russian Steppe Carol B. Stevens (bio) The village of Shabo (aka Chabag) was founded in 1822 on the shores of the Dniester Liman at the Russian Empire’s southwestern edge by a group of French-speaking Swiss of the Reformed Protestant faith. Somewhat improbably, more than 90 years later, Shabo was a prosperous and growing community. Unlike many nearby colonies of “foreigners,” however, it did not preserve its initial sense of ethnolinguistic or religious community.