Oldan Village Site :: ARMENIAN HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

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Village Site

Oldan Village Site

Georgia / Javakhk / Akhalkalak / Alastan

Location

The village site of Oldan (Ordan, Aldan) extends on the right side of the tributary Jubaret, 4 kilometres north-west of Alastan.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 52.

Historical Introduction
1595 y․

As of 1595, it is mentioned as comprising no rayas in its population and paying a tax of 7,000 akches.

“გურჯისტანის ვილაიეთის დიდი დავთარი”, էջ 207: Beginning with the 16th century, the word raya was used in the Ottoman state with reference to its non-Muslim subjects (Christians and non-Christians) who paid an additional tax, known as poll-tax, did not enjoy a wide range of civil rights, wore special clothes making them different from Muslims, and suffered all kinds of abuses and violence (see Հայկական սովետական հանրագիտարան, հ. 9, Երևան, 1983, էջ 594). Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 52.

1706 — 1707 yy․

Between 1706 and 1707, in the days of Village Head Mustafa, the tax paid to the State Treasury amounted to 11,000 akches.

“ჩილდირის ეიალეთის ჯაბა დავთარი 1694-1732 წწ.”, էջ 126. Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 52.

19 — 20 cc․

The maps of Tsarist Russia, going back to the late 19th and 20th centuries, mention this village site by the name of Aldan.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 52.

Name	Year/Century	Etymology
Ordan
Aldan	19 — 20 cc․