A distinctive feature of Bessarabian education was its focus on development of local economy branches. After 1812 a certain level of development has been reached in viticulture and winemaking. Concern for the fate of central areas of state Akkerman led to the foundation of the School of Horticulture and Viticulture, intended to educate specialists with practical skills in the cultivation of vines and saplings. The school founding was issued under the High Decree (June 21, 1832), but the institution itself opened on January 11, 1833 and had 18 students (10 children from the Voronezh Orphanage and 8 from Bessarabia). From the very beginning the school’s administration has struggled with funding, which let to Count M.S. Vorontsov, Governor General of Bessarabia and New Russia to issuing a Decree on 23 November 1833 that dismissed students and sent them home for the winter. The course of studies (3 years) was completed by only two pupils: Tudor Bardu by and Feodor Tocanu, both supported by O. Krinitzki - director of vine orchards of Akkerman. The attempts of the Imperial administration to eatables and fund viticulture education in an area with rich traditions in vine making was met with failure.