The Kizlyar Factory, which opened in 1885, is the oldest cognac production plant in Russia. At that time, professional wine-maker David Saradzhev merged several distilleries located not far from the city of Kizlyar, then introducing classic French technology into his production of cognac. RTG TV host Andrey Ivanov visited the Kizlyar Cognac Factory in the Dagestan Republic. There he confirmed that people and cognac really are old friends that have been studying each other for years.