DON VITICULTURE ORIGIN

Abstract

From the editorial office. Mikhail Ivanovich Kraisvetny died in June 2020. This article was submitted by him to the editorial office in an unfinished form for review. Some of the author's conclusions, according to the editorial board, are controversial and do not correspond to modern knowledge. The editorial board does not share the views of the author, however, preparing for the release of the anniversary volume, it considered appropriate to publish this article in the author's edition, in view of the topical issues raised in the work, and in view of Mikhail Ivanovich's huge contribution to the creation of the Museum of the History of Viticulture and wine-making Don.