Voghji, Shirak

40°48′34″N 43°45′10″E

Voghji
Ողջի
Voghji is located in Armenia
Voghji
Voghji
Voghji is located in Shirak
Voghji
Voghji
Coordinates: 40°48′34″N 43°45′10″E
CountryArmenia
ProvinceShirak
MunicipalityAmasia
Population
 (2001)
 • Total602
Time zoneUTC+4

Voghji (Armenian: Ողջի) is a village in the Amasia Municipality of the Shirak Province of Armenia.[1][2][3]

In 1988-1989, Azerbaijanis of the village moved to Azerbaijan, leading to Armenians from the Ninotsminda region of Georgia, the Spitak earthquake zone, and Azerbaijan to settle in the village.[4]

Demographics

According to 1912 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, there was a mainly Karapapakh population of 930 in the village of Okhchoglu of the Kars Okrug of the Kars Oblast.[5]

The population of the village since 1886 is as follows:[6]

Year Population
1886 551
1897 747
1926 799
1939 1,093
1959 1,032
1970 1,412
1979 1,504
1989 110
2001 602
2004 631
  • Village before exodus of Azerbaijanis
    Village before exodus of Azerbaijanis
  • Azerbaijani pupil of Okhchuoghlu school, 1984
    Azerbaijani pupil of Okhchuoghlu school, 1984

References
  1. USSR Report. POLITICAL AND SOCIOLOGICAL AFFAIRS.
  2. Бакинские ведомости. «ЦИВИЛИЗОВАННЫЙ» АРАмагеддон
  3. Felix Tsertisivadze. THE FORGOTTEN GENOCIDE. New York. 2005. ISBN 978-0-9741857-4-3. p. 48
  4. "Ողջի" (PDF). shirak.mtad.am. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  5. Кавказский календарь на 1912 год [Caucasian calendar for 1912] (in Russian) (67th ed.). Tiflis: Tipografiya kantselyarii Ye.I.V. na Kavkaze, kazenny dom. 1912. Archived from the original on 11 December 2021.
  6. Հայաստանի Հանրապետության բնակավայրերի բառարան [Republic of Armenia settlements dictionary] (PDF) (in Armenian). Yerevan: Cadastre Committee of the Republic of Armenia. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2018.


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