Ninotzminda :: ARMENIAN LOCATIONS

2 Monuments

Georgia (Country) / Javakhk (District) / Ninotzminda (District) / Ninotzminda (District Centre)

Location

Bogdanovka is situated on the highway of Gyumri-Akhalkalak, hardly within 2 kilometres of the eastern shore of Lake Khanchali, in the south-east of Javakhk, at an altitude of 1,920 to 1,960 metres above sea level.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 413.

Historical Introduction
19 — 20 cc․

Throughout the 19th century, Bogdanovka represented a most ordinary village which was even smaller than similar places on average. After the establishment of the Soviet regime, it grew into the centre of the district of the same name. Soon it developed into a township which was granted the status of a town within the district’s jurisdiction on 6 June 1983. At present Bogdanovka, which was officially renamed Ninotzminda in 1990, is the centre of the district of the same name.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 413.

Population
1909 — 1914 yy․

In 1909 Bogdanovka was a purely Russian village inhabited by Dukhobors who constituted 33 houses with 398 souls. In 1914 the local residents grew to 554.

“Тифлисский листок”, 1909, N 191, стр. 5. “Кавказский календарь на 1915 г.”, Тифлис, 1914, стр. 100. Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 413.

1926 — 1987 yy․

In the course of time, some of the Russian founders of Bogdanovka returned to their homeland, being replaced by Armenians and a small number of Georgians from the adjacent villages. In 1926 the town comprised 69 houses with 426 inhabitants, including 101 Armenians, 295 Russians, 13 Ukrainians and 17 representatives of other nationalities. In 1979 Bogdanovka had 3,614 souls, including 3,080 Armenians and 57 Georgians, the rest of the population mainly comprising Russians. In 1987 it had 1,493 houses with 5,868 residents. As of the early 2000s, these numbers of the different nationalities inhabiting the town were maintained almost without any changes.

Արոյան Ս., Բեկորներ Մշո ջոջ քարի, Երևան, 1997, էջ 123: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 413.

Bogdanovka participated in World War II with 500 of its inhabitants and lost 158 of them on the front.

Դավթյան Ա., Ջավախք, Երևան, 1994, էջ 101: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 413.

Foundation
1841 y․

It was founded in 1841 by some Russian Dukhobors who had been banished first from the region of Tambov and then from Taurian Province, where they had had temporary refuge.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 413.

Name	Year/Century	Etymology
Bogdanovka