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Modegam 8 Monuments

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

Location

The village which is distinguished for its severe climate extends on a south-east-facing mountain slope rising at an altitude of 1,940 to 1,980 metres above sea level, 23 kilometres north of Akhalkalak in a straight line.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 399.

Historical Introduction
1595 y․

The earliest available record relating to Modegam is the Turkish tax list of 1595, which mentions it by the name of Modegan as comprising no rayas in its population and paying 5,000 akches to the state.

”გურჯისტანის ვილაიეთის დიდი დავთარი”, էջ 209: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 399.

1719 — 1720 yy․

The amount of this state tax remained the same after the forced Islamisation of the local inhabitants, in the days of Village Head Suleyman, viz. between 1719 and 1720.

”ჩილდირის ეიალეთის ჯაბა დავთარი 1694-1732 წწ.”, էջ 161: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 399.

Population

The Armenians of Modegam are from Gharakepak Village in origin—in the 1890s, their forefathers left their homes in Azavret and took up living in Modegam, which then served as a place of summer residence for the inhabitants of Azavret.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 399. For information on Gharakepak, see page 36 (note 3) of the present work.

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

Name	Year/Century	Etymology
Modegan	1595 y․

Population:

Dates	Armenian Houses	Armenians (Male)	Armenians (Female)	Total (Armenians)	Notes	Source
1914				367		Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 469, ց. 3, գ. 2, թ. 1-4: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 399.
1918	22	165	170	335		“Кавказский календарь на 1915 г.”, Тифлис, 1914, стр. 159. Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 399.
1921		60	40	100		Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 355, ց. 1, գ. 895, թ. 1: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 399.
1987	63			257		According to the documents provided by the Village Council. Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 399.