Country’s port wine causes great success

The airline will operate "Zhukovsky" - Baku regular passenger flights daily until the end of the winter schedule on March 24.

Departure from Moscow will be at 19:35 local time and arrival in Baku will be at 23:30 Baku time. Meanwhile, departure from Heydar Aliyev International Airport will be at 06:15 and arrival at Zhukovsky International Airport – at 08:10. Flights will be performed via Boeing-738 aircraft.

As part of last year's summer schedule (July 27 – October 29), the company operated flights three times a week.

Zhukovsky airport is Moscow's fourth international airport. After the 2014-2016 reconstruction there was the official opening of Zhukovsky International Airport on May 30, 2016. The declared capacity of the airport is 4 million passengers per year. Currently, flights from there are served to several destinations in Russia and CIS. It is expected that by 2020 the capacity of its terminals will reach 12 million passengers per year.

Currently, a number of Russian airlines, such as Aeroflot, NordStar, Ural Airlines, UTair, IrAero and S7 Airlines, operate flights to Azerbaijan. Over the past year, the country received up to 2.7 million tourists, 31.6 percent of whom were guests from Russia. Taking into account the opening of more and more new flight routes between Russia and Azerbaijan, this figure will further increase in the near future.

TThe head of Museum of the Soviet Household Irina SvetonosovaBochkareva said that there is a big demand for badges with an Olympic bear or heroes of the Soviet cartoons. Many collectors also buy Azerbaijani port wine “Agdam”.

The Soviet people loved and respected the port wine, as evidenced by at least statistical data: the country annually produced about 200 million decalitres of port wine, while all other types of wine (dry, champagne, vintage, etc.) accounted for only 150 million decaliters.

The wine “Agdam”, which was produced at the cognac factory of the city of Agdam, was one of the most popular fortified wines in the USSR, and after - and in the post-Soviet space. Railway tanks with millions of decaliters of this port wine were sent to all corners of the country, and the famous slogan was born in the queues behind it: “Agdam” I will not give to anyone!”

Some 138 wineries from Soviet Azerbaijan annually produced up to 20 - 25 million decalitres of this port wine, which makes 60 percent of the total wine produced in the republic.

“Agdamich”, “Bukharich”, “Kreplenich”, “Kak Dam”, were ironic nicknames for this drink. There were a lot of anecdotes about this port wine.

The port wine was very cheap and available for everyone.

Firstly, it was possible to buy a pile, collecting a trifle on the pockets. The price of port wine was very acceptable: 2.02 (two rubles, two copes).

Secondly, it was implemented even in the most remote country's parts. The port wine was strength (19 percent).