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Fire
1877 y․

A year after the burning of the market of Van, that of the town of Chemeshkatzag was set on fire. A record of 1886 states the following with this respect: “It has quite a splendid market which has not fully recovered from the widespread fire of 1877 yet and does not have active commerce.” Chemeshkatzag also faced a fire in the 1890s, its circumstances remaining as obscure as those of the previous one: “...the fire of the 1890s, which broke out at night and the causes of which still remain unspecified.”

Նաթանեան Մ., Չմշկածագ, «Մասիս», 1886, N 3815, մարտ 29, էջ 819: Գասպարեան Հ., Չմշկածագ եւ իր գիւղերը, 1969, էջ 85: Karapetian Samvel, The “Accidental” Fires of the Ottoman Empire, in: "Vardzk", 2012, N 5, p. 13.