Aljua Village Site :: ARMENIAN HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Aljua Village Site

Georgia / Javakhk / Akhalkalak / Chunchkha

Location

A village site named Aljua is located in a smooth area at the edge of a gorge lying on the left bank of the river Parvana, 3 kilometres north-west of Chunchkha.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 423.

Historical Introduction
1595 — 1722 yy․

In 1595 the still existing village had 10 houses and paid 10,004 akches to the State Treasury.In the days of Village Head Osman (1721 to 1722), the state tax levied on it amounted to 20,700 akches.

”გურჯისტანის ვილაიეთის დიდი დავთარი”, էջ 173-174: ”ჩილდირის ეიალეთის ჯაბა დავთარი 1694-1732 წწ.”, էջ 172-173: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 423.

1899 — 1900 yy․

Aljua did not escape the devastating consequences of the natural disaster that struck Javakhk between 1899 and 1900. Taking into consideration the losses it had suffered, the Governmental Committee ranked it among the third-class villages harmed by pests.