 In 1899, N. Tairov sold his factory to Nikolay Shustov's well-known brand in Russia.In 1914, there were 15 factories in the province of Yerevan (the largest the one now owned by Shustov) produced 210,010 deciliters of brandy.In 1921, the Soviet state took over Shustov's factory, and it was renamed to "Ararat".