▁only ▁foreign ▁wine - maker ▁all ▁throughout ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁br andy - produ cing , ▁who ▁was ▁hon oured ▁with ▁this ▁privile ge . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 9 9 ▁Sh ust ov ▁invited ▁K yr ill ▁Sil chen ko , ▁who ▁had ▁just ▁finished ▁Nik it in ' s ▁school ▁of ▁wine - making , ▁to ▁work ▁at ▁the ▁factory . ▁He ▁worked ▁at ▁the ▁factory ▁devoted ly ▁and ▁dedicated ▁all ▁his ▁life ▁to ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁production ▁of ▁wine ▁and ▁br andy . ▁This ▁is ▁why ▁Armen ians ▁called ▁him ▁" the ▁great ▁Ukrain ian ▁son ▁of ▁Armen ian ▁people ". ▁ ▁The ▁current ▁facilities ▁of ▁the ▁Y ere van ▁Ar ar at ▁Br andy ▁Factory ▁were ▁built ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 8 ▁on ▁the ▁site ▁of ▁the ▁former ▁s ard ar ▁palace ▁of ▁the ▁E riv an ▁Fort ress . ▁The ▁building ▁was ▁designed ▁by ▁architect ▁Rafael ▁Isra ely an . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁the ▁factory ▁entered ▁Multi ▁Group ▁Conc ern . ▁ ▁Ar ound ▁US $ ▁ 5 0 ▁million ▁were ▁inv ested ▁into ▁rest oration ▁and ▁constru ctions , ▁ac quisition ▁of ▁new ▁bott ling ▁line ▁and ▁o ak ▁bar rel s . ▁A ▁number ▁of ▁reci pes ▁and ▁techn ologies ▁were ▁restored ▁by ▁cr umb s . ▁With ▁the ▁help ▁of ▁old ▁papers , ▁museum ▁exhib its , ▁family ▁arch ives , ▁special ists ▁and ▁techn olog ists ▁of ▁the ▁factory ▁assemble d ▁and ▁class ified ▁the ▁whole ▁in