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Prtena 1 Monuments

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

Location

Prtena, which is one of the Georgian-inhabited villages in Javakhk, extends on the brink of a ravine stretching on the left bank of the river Parvana, 7 kilometres north-west of Akhalkalak in a straight line, at an altitude of 1,680 metres above sea level.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 424.

Historical Introduction
1595 y․

In 1595 the village comprised 16 houses and paid 16,000 akches to the State Treasury. A list of the local house proprietors found in the same Turkish source includes both Armenian names and others that were wide-spread in the Armenians’ midst in the 16th century (Hakob, Sargis, Dovlatiar, etc.). This fact comes to attest that during this period, Prtena also had an Armenian population.

”გურჯისტანის ვილაიეთის დიდი დავთარი”, էջ 174: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 424.

1705 — 1706 yy․

In the days of Zeamet Ahmed, viz. between 1705 and 1706, the state tax levied on the local inhabitants grew to 25,000 akches.

”ჩილდირის ეიალეთის ჯაბა დავთარი 1694-1732 წწ.”, էջ 119: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 424.

1899 — 1900 yy․

Taking into account the grave harm inflicted on the agriculture of Prtena by the cereal leaf and Hottenot beetles between 1899 and 1900, the Ad Hoc Governmental Committee established after this natural calamity ranked it among the second-class villages stricken by these pests.

Սալլիւմեան, Անբերրիութիւնը Ախալքալաքի գաւառում եւ նրա հետեւանքները, «Մուրճ», 1901, N 6, էջ 248: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 424.

Population

World War II caused 33 victims to Prtena, which had sent 84 of its inhabitants to the battle-field.

Դավթյան Ա., Ջավախք, Երևան, 1994, էջ 102: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 424.

1914 — 1987 yy․

The village had 497 souls in 1914, and 52 houses with 182 souls in 1987.

“Кавказский календарь на 1915 г.”, Тифлис, 1914, էջ 208: Confirmed by the documents kept at the Village Council. Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 424.