Heshtia :: ARMENIAN LOCATIONS

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

Location

The village extends within 3 kilometres of the right bank of the river Parvana, 9 kilometres north of the district centre of Ninotzminda, 12 kilometres south-east of Akhalkalak in a straight line, between 1,840 and 1,890 metres of altitude above sea level.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 338.

Historical Introduction
1595 y․

As reported by the Turkish tax list of 1595, Heshtia, which was within Priest Hakob’s spiritual guidance, comprised 12 houses and paid 21,000 akches to the State Treasury.

”გურჯისტანის ვილაიეთის დიდი დავთარი”, էջ 225: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 338.

1703 — 1720 yy․

After the forced Islamisation of the local population, in the days of Village Head Hyusein (1703 to 1704), this tax amounted to 10,000 akches. During the governance of Village Head Abdullah’s son Ali, between 1719 and 1720, it was reduced to 7,000.

”ჩილდირის ეიალეთის ჯაბა დავთარი 1694-1732 წწ.”, էջ 108, 161: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 338.

Heshtia is one of the most populous villages in Javakhk.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 338.

Scriptoria
1869 — 1881 yy․

Between 1869 and 1881, scribe Sargis Kyurdoghliants created an Armenian-language Collection of Songs in Heshtia.

Ցուցակ ձեռագրաց, հ. Բ, N 10036, էջ 1034: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 338.

Population

During World War II, the village lost 204 of its 800 inhabitants fighting on the battle-field.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 338.

The local people attest that they descend from the resettlers from Kyulli Village, Tekman District who arrived in Javakhk between 1829 and 1830, and took up living in what was then a devastated village stripped of its Armenian inhabitants. However, the press of the 19th century contains some controversial records concerning their historical cradle: “...it is inhabited by Armenian Catholics who resettled [here] from the Plain of Moosh a long time ago...”

See Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 206 (note 5) of the present work for information about Kyulli. «Մշակ», 1884, N 39, էջ 1: The viewpoint that the Armenian resettlers of Heshtia, Ujmana and Toria came from Moosh District, Western Armenia is also found in another press record of those times: “...All the aforementioned three villages are populated with Armenians who moved there in 1828 from Byurlu [the name contains an evident misprint and should actually be written Kyulli - S. K.] Village, Khnus District, Moosh...” («Նոր-Դար», 1886, N 42, էջ 2). Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 338.

1930 — 1932 yy․

In 1930 to 1932, several families left Heshtia and founded the village of Zhdanovakan on the shore of Lake Madatapa.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 338.

Priests
1915 y․

In 1915 Father Poghos Khachaturian served the local parish, assisted by Priest Anton Ter-Antonian.

«Օրացոյց և պատկեր տօնից», Թիֆլիս, 1915, էջ 83: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 340.

Type Photo
View Partial view
Direction From the south
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Colour Negative
Date 1988 — 1989 yy․

Mount Abul in the background

The available statistical records relating to the number of the local inhabitants represent the following picture:

Dates	Armenian Houses	Armenians (Male)	Armenians (Female)	Total (Armenians)	Notes	Source
1595	12					”გურჯისტანის ვილაიეთის დიდი დავთარი”, էջ 225. Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 339.
1870	125	658	445	1103		Сборник материалов для описания Тифлисской губернии, т. 1, вып. 1, Тифлис, 1870, стр. 31. Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 339.
1883				1324		“Кавказский календарь на 1885 г.”, Тифлис, 1884, стр. 204. Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 339.
1884	160			1429		«Արձագանք», 1885, N 3, էջ 41, N 26, էջ 368: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 339.
1908	374			2796		Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 316, ց. 1, գ. 102, թ. 46: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 339.
1912				2760		Յակոբեան Պ., Հրաւէր ողջմտութեան, Էջմիածին, 1993, էջ 95: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 339.
1914				2861		“Кавказский календарь на 1915 г.”, Тифлис, 1914, стр. 213. Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 339.
1915				2817		«Օրացոյց և պատկեր տօնից», Թիֆլիս, 1915, էջ 83: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 339.
1916	410	1525	1344	2869		Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 316, ց. 1, գ. 65, թ. 36: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 339.
1987	788			3630		According to the information provided by the Village Council. Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 339.