Cemetery :: ARMENIAN HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Cemetery 19 — 20 cc․

Georgia / Kakhet / Telav / Telav

Location
19 — 20 cc․

It extended around Dzvelgalavan’s St. George Church.

Samvel Karapetian, Kakhet Armenians, Yerevan, 2004, p. 79. The original in Armenian.

Historical Introduction
1914 y․

In 1914 prolific national figure, senior priest Abel Sukiassiants was buried in the grave-yard.

“Mshak”, 1914, N 71, p. 3; “Hovit”, 1914, N 14, p. 233. The originals in Armenian.

1988 y․

In 1988 only several tombstones were preserved in the cemetery.

Samvel Karapetian, Kakhet Armenians, Yerevan, 2004, p. 79. The original in Armenian.

19 — 20 cc․

The once large cemetery, now almost totally annihilated, contained so many tombstones that they had blocked its western entrance. The majority of the dead interred there belonged to the Sukiassiants, Mamatsiants and Ter-Sargssiants families.