title: Telephone installation as the initial step of the Department of Provinces for the development of Massandra and Ai-Danil estates
abstract: The article, based on archival materials, refers to one of the episodes of the initial period of the existence of Massandra and Ai-Danil as the possessions of the Department of Provinces. The author notes that the mentioned estates, acquired in 1889 from the heirs of His Serene Highness Prince S.M.Vorontsov, were considered as an opportunity to develop and increase the wine-making and wine-trading activities of the Department. The article notes that one of the measures in this direction was the 
journal: Memoirs of NovSU