The Swiss colony Chabag was founded in 1822 by a group of winemakers from Canton Vaud. They left Vevey , individually or with their families (about 30 people) in July 1822 under the leadership of Louis-Samuel Vincent Tardent (1787-1836) and traveled with horses and buggies to the place near Odessa which was assigned to them by the Tsar Alexander I (1777-1825). ... read more
