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Chunchkha 7 Monuments

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

Location

The village extends in a smooth area at the edge of a gorge lying on the left bank of the river Parvana, right opposite Khando, 10 kilometres south-west of Akhalkalak in a straight line, at an altitude of 1,660 metres above sea level.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 422.

Historical Introduction
1595 y․

The tax list of 1595 mentions the village by the name of Chunchkhel as comprising 52 houses and paying 9,000 akches to the state. It is interesting to note that in the same year, part of the local residents were Armenians—this is evident from the list of the village’s house owners which includes both Armenian names and others that were wide-spread amongst Armenians (Vardan, Baydar, Ordan, Rostevan, etc.).

”გურჯისტანის ვილაიეთის დიდი დავთარი”, էջ 176-177: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 422.

1899 — 1900 yy․

Between 1899 and 1900, the cereal leaf and Hottentot beetles inflicted grave damage on the agriculture of Chunchkha, putting the village into a severe economic plight. This is the reason why the Ad Hoc Governmental Committee ranked it among the second-class places struck by this disaster.

Սալլիւմեան, Անբերրիութիւնը Ախալքալաքի գաւառում եւ նրա հետեւանքները, «Մուրճ», 1901, N 6, էջ 248: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 422.

Population

Chunchkha, which is one of the few Georgian-inhabited villages in Javakhk, comprised 669 souls in 1914. In 1987 it had 54 houses with 183 Georgian inhabitants.

“Кавказский календарь на 1915 г.”, Тифлис, 1914, стр. 208. According to the information provided by the Village Council. Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 422.

Name	Year/Century	Etymology
Chunchkhel