Chekharola :: ARMENIAN LOCATIONS

4 Monuments

Georgia (Country) / Javakhk (District) / Borjom (District) / Chekharola (Village)

Location

The village lies outside the basin of Lake Tabatzghur, in the south of a mountain pass (2,016 metres), 24 kilometres north of Akhalkalak in a straight line, between 1,820 and 1,860 metres of altitude above sea level.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 420.

Historical Introduction

At present Chekharola forms part of Borzhom District, but it undoubtedly remains as one of the villages of Historical Javakhk.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 420.

Population

During World War II, Chekharola sent 78 of its residents to the front, where it lost 32 of these people.

Դավթյան Ա., Ջավախք, Երևան, 1994, էջ 102: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 421.

1914 — 1989 yy․

In 1914 the village had a population of 617 souls mostly comprising Georgians. In 1989 the local people constituted 56 houses mainly inhabited by Armenians.

“Кавказский календарь на 1915 г.”, Тифлис, 1914, էջ 206: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 421.

1989 y․

In 1989 one of the inhabitants of Chekharola, Vagharshak Petrossian, provided us with very important information regarding the ancestors of the present-day inhabitants of the place. Thus, the Petoyans come from a village situated within 8 kilometres of Karin (he did not remember its name); the Asatrians, who later bore the family names of Hakobian and Hunanian, moved to Javakhk from Chayis Village; the Serobians, who arrived at Chekharola comparatively later, were from Bitlis in origin.

Originally an Armenian-inhabited village, Chayis was later re-populated by Turkish Gharapapakhs. It was situated on the right bank of the Kur, within a kilometre of the riverside, at a distance of 3 kilometres from the western shore of Lake Khozapin, in the sub-district of Cheldr, Kars Region, Eastern Armenia. Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 421.

Monuments

Due to the small number of the local Armenians, the village did not ever have a church, and they attended the church of Bezhano for their spiritual needs.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 421.

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

We do not have at our disposal trustworthy data as to the exact time of the Armenians’ arrival in this village. The available statistical sources attest to their existence in Chekharola beginning with the 1860s:

Dates	Total (Armenians)	Armenians (Female)	Armenians (Male)	Armenian Houses	Notes	Source
1861	73	32	41			Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 53, ց. 1, գ. 3839, թ. 24-25: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 420.
1862	73	32	41			Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 53, ց. 1, գ. 3836, թ. 22-23: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 420.
1863	73	32	41			Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 53, ց. 1, գ. 3843, թ. 21-22: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 420.
1864	73	32	41	6		Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 53, ց. 1, գ. 3846, թ. 8-9: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 420.
1865	73	32	41			Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 53, ց. 1, գ. 3848, թ. 12-13: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 420.
1866	73	32	41	6		Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 53, ց. 1, գ. 3848, թ. 74: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 420.
1867	73	32	41			Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 53, ց. 1, գ. 3851, թ. 20-21: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 420.
1868	73	32	41			Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 53, ց. 1, գ. 3853, թ. 28: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 420.
1869	73	32	41			Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 53, ց. 1, գ. 3856, թ. 10: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 420.
1870	73	32	41			Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 53, ց. 1, գ. 3857, թ. 24: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 420.
1875				11		«Մեղու Հայաստանի», 1875, N 44, էջ 2: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 420.
1878	101	44	60			Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 53, ց. 1, գ. 3850, թ. 218-219: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 420.
1880	118	51	67			Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 53, ց. 1, գ. 3872, թ. 88-89: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 420.
1881	118	51	67			Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 53, ց. 1, գ. 3873, թ. 97-98: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 420.
1882	115	50	65			Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 53, ց. 1, գ. 3874, թ. 44: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 420.
1883	117	50	67			Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 53, ց. 1, գ. 3875, թ. 49-50: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 420.
1884				10		«Արձագանք», 1885, N 3, էջ 43: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 420.
1887	123	53	70			Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 53, ց. 1, գ. 3880, թ. 40-41: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 421.
1889	134	57	77			Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 53, ց. 1, գ. 3884, թ. 65-66: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 421.
1893	148	63	85			Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 53, ց. 1, գ. 3895, թ. 42-43: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 421.
1899	152	69	83			Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 53, ց. 1, գ. 3903, թ. 101-102: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 421.
1900	157	72	85			Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 53, ց. 1, գ. 3905, թ. 52: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 421.
1901	156	68	88			Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 53, ց. 1, գ. 3906, թ. 69: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 421.
1906	175	76	99			Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 53, ց. 1, գ. 3915, թ. 20: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 421.
1908	192	80	112	19		Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 35, ց. 1, գ. 559, թ. 43: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 421.
1910	86	123		209		Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 53, ց. 1, գ. 3917, թ. 136-137: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 421.
1912	88	134		222		Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 53, ց. 1, գ. 3920, թ. 18-19: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 421.
1918	152	165	30	317		Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 469, ց. 3, գ. 2, թ. 1-4: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 421.