A
Tatar village was established , called ''
"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 and its annexation by Russia in 1812, the region suffered a population drain to the
Ottoman Empire. Shabo in 1812 had been deserted by all but three or four Moldavian families. Emperor
Alexander I decided to re-populate the region, in 1822 inviting
Swiss settlers from
Vaud, led by , to cultivate vineyards at Shabo. The descendants of these settlers inhabit Shabo to the present day, and
Shabo wine remains famous for its quality. In 1889, the village Osnovy was founded in what is now southern Ukraine by settlers from Shabo. Osnovy became a significant grape plantation and winemaking site, where the wine was exported through the port of Brytany (present-day
Dnipriany). Osnovy eventually merged into Dnipriany in 1957. Since 2023, Shabo wines are protected in Ukraine as Chabag (
Appellation of Origin) and Acha-Abag (
Geographical Indication). == Gallery ==