Apnia :: ARMENIAN LOCATIONS

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Georgia (Country) / Javakhk (District) / Akhalkalak (District) / Apnia (Village)

Location

The village extends at the edge of a deep precipice facing the river Kur, 17 kilometres south-west of Akhalkalak in a straight line, between 1,740 and 1,748 metres of altitude above sea level.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 89.

Historical Introduction
1595 y․

According to the tax list made up by the Ottoman Government in 1595, Apnia had a population of 35 houses and paid 10,000 akches to the State Treasury.

“გურჯისტანის ვილაიეთის დიდი დავთარი”, p. 214-215: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 89.

1705 — 1706 yy․

After the forced Islamisation of the local people, between 1705 and 1706, i.e. during the governance of a certain Osman, this tax grew to 24,499 akches.

“ჩილდირის ეიალეთის ჯაბა დავთარი 1694-1732 წწ.”, էջ 120: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 89.

1990 y․

In the 1990s, through the efforts of the Georgian authorities, about 30 double-floor houses were built in Apnia for the Ajar newcomers—most of them are now used as cattle-houses.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 89.

Economic Life
1899 — 1900 yy․

In 1899 to 1900, the cereal leaf and Hottentot beetles inflicted heavy damage upon the agriculture of the village. The ad hoc governmental committee, established to estimate the losses each village of the district had suffered, ranked Apnia among the second-class places struck by this disaster.

Սալլիւմեան, Անբերրիութիւնը Ախալքալաքի գաւառում եւ նրա հետեւանքները, «Մուրճ», 1901, N 6, էջ 248: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 89.

In the Soviet years, the population of this Georgian village continually manifested decrease:

Dates	Georgian Houses	Georgians (Male)	Georgians (Female)	Total (Georgians)	Notes	Source
1901	16	95	82	177		«Մշակ», 1901, N 40, էջ 1: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 89.
1914				369		“Кавказский календарь на 1915 г.”, Тифлис, 1914, էջ 89: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 89.
1987	6			17	As attested by the documents provided by the Village Council.	Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 89.