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Khertvis 2 Monuments

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

Location

The village is situated on the west-facing and slanting slope of a gorge extending at the junction of the rivers Kur and Parvana, 17 kilometres north-west of Akhalkalak in a straight line, between 1,140 and 1,180 metres of altitude above sea level.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 230.

Historical Introduction

According to the Geography of Georgia, a garrison of janissaries was stationed in the castle of Khertvis.

ვახუშტი ბაგრატიონი, საქართველოს გეოგრაფია, თბილისი, 1997, էջ 130: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 230.

Population
1595 y․

Khertvis, which boasts a remarkable history and used to be one of the most populous villages in Javakhk, comprised 127 houses and paid 25,000 akches to the state, as reported by the tax list of 1595. With the exception of 1 or 2 families of Turks who were apparently landowners, the other local house proprietors bore names (Priests Grigor and Movses; Amiran’s son Sargis; David’s son Husik and the latter’s son Gabriel; Grigor’s son Pap and the latter’s son Melik; Melik’s son Sargis and the latter’s son Hanes; Hayrapet’s son Khachatur and the latter’s son Mrvan; Khachatur’s son Batata; Bagrat; Mkrtich; brothers Umek and Astvatzatur; Sorazan’s son Khachatur; Movses’s son Gurasp; Yeghiazar’s son Smbat; brothers Gabriel and Khachatur; Ghandu’s son Kirakos; Mkrtich’s son Mamuk; Zatik’s son Khastur; Kirakos’s son Batata; Mkrtich’s son Umek, etc.) attesting that in this same year, Khertvis was predominantly—if not entirely—inhabited by Armenians.

“გურჯისტანის ვილაიეთის დიდი დავთარი”, էջ 171-173: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 230.

1625 y․

In 1625 Safar Pasha of Akhaltskha forced the population of the village into converting to Islam. Yielding up to the pressure exerted by the Turks, the Armenians completely lost their national identity in the course of time.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 230.

1824 y․

In 1824 Khertvis comprised a large Muslim population together with a small number of Armenian Catholics (the latter left their place of living between 1828 and 1829).

Յակոբեան Պ., Հրաւէր ողջմտութեան, Էջմիածին, 1993, էջ 132: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 230.

1829 — 1878 yy․

In 1829 to 1830, Khertvis, which was already a purely Turkish village, provided home for some Armenian resettlers from Western Armenia. Due to certain circumstances, however, the Armenians of Khertvis did not have permanent residence there: beginning with the mid-1840s, they started moving to other places, the last of them abandoning the village in 1878.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, pp. 230-231.

1914 — 1944 yy․

The results of the population census, implemented on 1 January 1914, show that the purely Turkish village of Khertvis comprised 2,010 souls. In 1944 these people were sent into exile, leaving their garden-rich village to the Georgian newcomers who had moved there from various parts of the country.

”Кавказский календарь на 1915 г.”, Тифлис, 1914, стр. 197: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 231.

Name Origin

One of the existing sources offers the following etymology for the name of Khertvis: “...Khertvis derives from the word ertvis, which is the Georgian equivalent for ‘union’ and ‘juncture,’ for in the [nearby] ravine, two streams merge together into the mother river of Tiflis—the Kur.”

«Մշակ», 1879, N 157, էջ 1: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 230.

Type Photo
View General
Direction From the south
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Colour Negative
Date 1988 — 1989 yy․

The available statistical records relating to the number of the Armenian inhabitants of Khertvis represent the following picture:

Dates	Armenian Houses	Armenians (Male)	Armenians (Female)	Total (Armenians)	Notes	Source
1824	4			20		Յակոբեան Պ., Հրաւէր ողջմտութեան, Էջմիածին, 1993, էջ 83: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 231.
1840		124	120	244		Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան, (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 53, ց. 1, գ. 3800, թ. 4: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 231.
1841		128	124	252		Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան, (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 53, ց. 1, գ. 3802, թ. 65-66: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 231.
1842		133	130	263		Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան, (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 53, ց. 1, գ. 3805, թ. 79-80: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 231.
1844		151	143	294		Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան, (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 53, ց. 1, գ. 3809, թ. 17-18: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 231.
1845		156	148	304		Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան, (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 53, ց. 1, գ. 3811, թ. 73-74: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 231.
1847		100	104	204		Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան, (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 53, ց. 1, գ. 3814, թ. 35-36: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 231.
1849		96	87	183		Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան, (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 53, ց. 1, գ. 3818, թ. 40-41: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 231.
1853		89	85	174		Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան, (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 53, ց. 1, գ. 2743, թ. 39-40: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 231.
1854		50	43	93		Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան, (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 53, ց. 1, գ. 3825, թ. 49-50: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 231.
1857		45	37	82		Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան, (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 53, ց. 1, գ. 3830, թ. 54-55: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 231.
1860		47	41	88		Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան, (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 53, ց. 1, գ. 3833, թ. 67-68: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 231.
1861		49	40	89		Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան, (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 53, ց. 1, գ. 3839, թ. 25-26: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 231.
1862		48	42	90		Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան, (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 53, ց. 1, գ. 3836, թ. 21-22: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 231.
1863		46	47	93		Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան, (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 53, ց. 1, գ. 3843, թ. 21-22: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 231.
1864		46	46	92		Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան, (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 53, ց. 1, գ. 3846, թ. 8-9: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 231.
1866	15	45	45	90		Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան, (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 53, ց. 1, գ. 3848, թ. 74: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 231.
1867		48	46	94		Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան, (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 53, ց. 1, գ. 3851, թ. 20-21: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 231.
1868		48	46	94		Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան, (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 53, ց. 1, գ. 3853, թ. 28: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 231.
1869		48	46	94		Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան, (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 53, ց. 1, գ. 3856, թ. 10: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 231.
1870		48	48	96		Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան, (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 53, ց. 1, գ. 3857, թ. 23: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 231.
1871		48	46	94		Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան, (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 53, ց. 1, գ. 3858, թ. 10-11: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 231.
1872		49	44	93		Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան, (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 53, ց. 1, գ. 3859, թ. 57-58: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 231.
1873		50	45	95		Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան, (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 53, ց. 1, գ. 3862, թ. 72-73: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 231.
1874				96		Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան, (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 53, ց. 1, գ. 3864, թ. 28-29: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 231.
1875				101		Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան, (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 53, ց. 1, գ. 3866, թ. 21-22: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 231.
1876		53	48	101		Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան, (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 53, ց. 1, գ. 3868, թ. 29: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 231.
1877		30	28	58		Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան, (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 53, ց. 1, գ. 3869, թ. 30-31: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 231.