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Khavet 11 Monuments

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

Location

The village is situated on the north-facing slope of a mountain rising on the right bank of the river Kur, 24 kilometres south-west of Akhalkalak in a straight line, between 1,700 and 1,740 metres of altitude above sea level.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 224.

Historical Introduction
1595 y․

In 1595 Khavet had a population of 36 houses and paid 13,000 akches to the State Treasury. One of the available sources provides a list of the local house owners which includes not only names of foreign origin which were rather wide-spread in Armenian-inhabited localities, but also purely Armenian ones such as Astvatzatur.

“გურჯისტანის ვილაიეთის დიდი დავთარი”, էջ 276-277: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 224.

1854 y․

Khavet was one of those villages which were purchased by Archbishop Karapet in 1854 for Akhaltskha’s Sourb Prkich Church.

«Փորձ», 1876, N 1, էջ 196: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 224.

1893 y․

It is also mentioned as belonging to this church in 1893.

«Արաքս», գիրք Բ, հինգերորդ տարի, Ս.Պետերբուրգ, 1893, էջ 21: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 224.

Population
1914 y․

In 1914 the Turkish or, what is most probable, Islamised inhabitants of this once devastated Armenian village amounted to 338. These Islamised people lived in their native village until the banishment of 1944, after which it was re-inhabited by Armenians from Mrakol (Mrakoval).

”Кавказский календарь на 1915 г.”, Тифлис, 1914, стр. 194. Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 224.

1981 y․

Khavet is one of those villages of Javakhk which cannot boast a large number of residents. According to the results of the population census held on 1 January 1981, it comprised 362 souls. In 1987 it had 94 houses with 366 inhabitants.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 224.

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