Kartikam :: ARMENIAN LOCATIONS

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

Location

The village lies in a slightly-sloping table-land extending on the right bank of the stream Abul, 3.5 kilometres east of Akhalkalak, between 1,740 and 1,790 metres of altitude above sea level.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 291.

Historical Introduction
1595 y․

An Armenian necropolis dating from the 15th to 16th centuries attests that Kartikam represented an Armenian-inhabited prosperous village from at least this period onwards. In 1595 it paid 20,000 akches to the State Treasury.

“გურჯისტანის ვილაიეთის დიდი დავთარი”, էջ 230-231: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 291.

Population
1829 y․

The present-day inhabitants of Kartikam descend from the Armenian resettlers from Artahan District who took up residence in the site of this village, then already stripped of its Armenian population, between 1829 and 1830: “The inhabitants of Kartikam and part of those of Toors are Turkish-speaking Roman Armenians who resettled [here] from Vel Village (Gevola), Artahan District in 1829. Elderly people say that in the course of time, their forefathers, who were Armenians by religion, gathered in this village from different places. In the past century, the Bey of Artahan banned Vel and the neighbouring Armenian-speaking villages from using the Armenian language: every time they spoke it, they had to pay a fine of 50 baghdads.” Ignoring this historical fact, in 1905 a certain Z. Jijinadze declared that the inhabitants of Kartikam allegedly started speaking Armenian and Turkish after their “mother tongue Georgian” had been consigned to oblivion. According to N. Berdzenishvili, in the 1930s, part of the residents of Kartikam still remained Turkish-speaking.

Լալայեանց Ե., Տաճկախօս հռոմէական հայեր.– «Արձագանք», 1894, N118, էջ 3-4: Also see «Հանդէս ամսօրեայ», 1894, էջ 313-315, նաև` 1901 թ.: ჭიჭინაძე ზ., idem, pp. 5, 24: Several years ago, a certain Akhuashvili wrote with regret that the members of 150 Armenian families of Kartikam had lost command of their native Georgian language by 1901 (as alleged by this author, the same was true of the Armenians living in Khulgumo, Bavra, Eshtia and Turtskh). See (ახუაშვილი ი., სამცხე-საათაბაგოს ეთნოსი, “ისტორია და გეოგრაფია სკოლაში”, 1990, N 1-2): ბერძენიშვილი ნ., idem, p. 109: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 291.

During World War II, Kartikam sent 200 of its inhabitants to the front, where 96 of them lost their lives.

Դավթյան Ա., Ջավախք, Երևան, 1994, էջ 101: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 292.

Priests
1915 y․

In 1915 Father Michael Kotanjian, then acting as deputy archpriest, served the community of Kartikam.

«Օրացոյց և պատկեր տօնից», Թիֆլիս, 1915, էջ 83: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 293.

Type Photo
View Exterior
Direction From the north-east
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative
Date 1988 — 1989 yy․

The available statistical records relating to the number of the local population look as follows:

Dates	Armenian Houses	Armenians (Male)	Armenians (Female)	Total (Armenians)	Notes	Source
1595	13					“გურჯისტანის ვილაიეთის დიდი დავთარი”, էջ 230-231: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 291.
1884				758		«Արձագանք», 1885, N 26, էջ 368: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 292.
1891	79			795		“Кавказ”, 1891, N 241. Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 292.
1908	120	637	363	1273		Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան, (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 316, ց. 1, գ. 102, թ. 41: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 292.
1912				1280		Յակոբեան Պ., Հրաւէր ողջմտութեան, Էջմիածին, 1993, էջ 95: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 292.
1914				1557		“Кавказский календарь на 1915 г.”, Тифлис, 1914, стр. 137: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 292.
1915				1573		«Օրացոյց և պատկեր տօնից», Թիֆլիս , 1915, էջ 83: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 292.
1916	150	773	859	1632		Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան, (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 316, ց. 1, գ. 65, թ. 36: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 292.
1987	523			2120		According to the documents provided by the Village Council. Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 292.