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

Location

The village lies 8 kilometres south-east of Akhalkalak in a straight line, 11 kilometres north of the district centre of Ninotzminda, at an altitude of 1,840 to 1,860 metres above sea level.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 206.

Historical Introduction

The გურjისტანის ვილაიეთის დიდი დავთარი (1595) speaks of Toria as a purely Armenian-inhabited village comprising a population of 21 houses and paying 13,000 akches to the state. Among the heads of the local families, mention is made of Mkrtich; Ghulijan’s son Mirza; brothers Arakel and Azara; Sargis’s son Janibek; Grigor’s son Khosrov and others.

“გურჯისტანის ვილაიეთის დიდი დავთარი”, էջ 229: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 206.

1705 — 1706 yy․

In the days of Village Head Hasan, i.e. between 1705 and 1706, Toria paid 16,200 akches to the State Treasury.

“ჩილდირის ეიალეთის ჯაბა დავთარი 1694-1732 წწ.”, էջ 121: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 206.

Population
1829 — 1830 yy․

The ancestors of the present-day inhabitants of Toria moved to its territory from Dzitahank (Dzithankov) Village, Nerkin (Storin, i.e. Lower) Basen District, Karin Province, as well as from Kyulli Village, Tekman District, Karin Province between 1829 and 1830.

Dzitahank, which was one of the Armenian-populated villages of the district of Storin (Lower) Basen, was situated on the right bank of the river Arax, 30 kilometres east of Khorasan. Kyulli represented an Armenian-inhabited village situated on the left bank of the river Arax, 18 kilometres east of Tekman. Part of the Armenians of Kyulli took up living in Heshtia and Chamdura. Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 206.

World War II took away 67 lives from among the 163 inhabitants of Toria fighting on the battle-field.

Դավթյան Ա., Ջավախք, Երևան, 1994, էջ101: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 206.

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

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

The available statistical records relating to the local population are rather scanty:

Dates	Armenian Houses	Armenians (Male)	Armenians (Female)	Total (Armenians)	Notes	Source
1884	20			758		«Արձագանք», 1885, N 3, էջ 41, N 26, էջ 368: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 206.
1908	45			600		Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան, (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 316, ց. 1, գ. 102, թ. 43: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 206.
1912				570		Յակոբեան Պ., Հրաւէր ողջմտութեան, Էջմիածին, 1993, էջ 95: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 206.
1914				686		”Кавказский календарь на 1915 г.”, Тбилиси, 1914, էջ 189: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 206.
1915				658		«Օրացոյց և պատկեր տօնից», Թիֆլիս, 1915, էջ 83: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 206.
1916	95	364	326	690		Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան, (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 316, ց. 1, գ. 65, թ. 37: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 206.
1926	140			830		Արոյան Ս., Բեկորներ Մշո ջոջ քարի, Երևան, 1997, էջ 124: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 206.
1987	153			742		According to the documents provided by the Village Council. Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 206.