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Vardistsikhe Village Site

Georgia / Javakhk / Akhalkalak / Varevan

Location

On an elevation only one kilometre east of Varevan, the village site of Vardistsikhe is located.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 481.

Historical Introduction
1595 y․

One of the earliest historiographical sources mentioning it is the გურjისტანის ვილაიეთის დიდი დავთარი (1595),22 according to which, it had a population of 14 houses and paid 8,000 akches to the State Treasury.

”გურჯისტანის ვილაიეთის დიდი დავთარი”, էջ 191: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 481-482.

1719 — 1725 yy․

After the forced Islamisation of the local inhabitants, Vardistsikhe is mentioned between 1719 and 1720, when it was governed by Village Head Yahyah and paid 15,500 akches to the state. In the days of Yahyah’s son Omer, viz. during 1724 and 1725, this tax was reduced to 7,500 akches.

”ჩილდირის ეიალეთის ჯაბა დავთარი 1694-1732 წწ.”, էջ 160, 185: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 482.

Monuments

The village site preserves a church and a cemetery.