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Aspara 1 Monuments

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Location

The village lies on the western shore of Lake Parvana, 25 kilometres north-east of Akhalkalak in a straight line, 26 kilometres north-east of the district centre of Ninotzminda, between 2,076 and 2,085 metres of altitude above sea level.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 82.

Historical Introduction
1595 y․

In 1595 Aspara is mentioned as comprising no rayas in its population and paying 3,000 akches to the State Treasury.

“გურჯისტანის ვილაიეთის დიდი დავთარი”, էջ 235: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 82.

1720 — 1721 yy․

Between 1720 and 1721, when the Head of the village was a certain Suleyman, this tax amounted to 5,000 akches.

“ჩილდირის ეიალეთის ჯაბა დავთარი 1694-1732 წწ.”, էջ 165: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 82.

1924 y․

The medieval Armenian village site lay devastated and stripped of its Armenian inhabitants until 1924, when 36 families resettled there from Kartikam. As a deplorable “legacy” of the times of Turkish domination, the Turkish language was retained among these people until the 1930s.

ბერძენიშვილი ნ., idem, p. 102: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 82.

Population
1970 — 1988 yy․

The village had 331 souls in 1970, and 32 houses with 162 inhabitants in 1988. In the same year (1988), the local eight-year school had 23 pupils.

Հայկական սովետական հանրագիտարան, հ. 1, Երևան, 1974, էջ 598: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 82.

Aspara, which did not enjoy a large number of population, participated in World War II with 40 of its inhabitants, 22 of whom did not return from the battle-field.