Voghji, Shirak Explained

40.8094°N 43.7528°W

Official Name:Voghji
Native Name:Ողջի
Pushpin Map:Armenia#Shirak
Mapsize:150px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Armenia
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Shirak
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Amasia
Population As Of:2001
Population Total:602
Utc Offset:+4
Coordinates:40.8094°N 43.7528°W

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.

The population of the village since 1886 is as follows:

YearPopulation
1886551
1897747
1926799
19391,093
19591,032
19701,412
19791,504
1989110
2001602
2004631

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20121007053721/http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf&AD=ADA340060 USSR Report. POLITICAL AND SOCIOLOGICAL AFFAIRS.
  2. http://www.monitorjournal.com/vedom/2006/52/aramagedon.htm Бакинские ведомости. «ЦИВИЛИЗОВАННЫЙ» АРАмагеддон
  3. Felix Tsertisivadze. THE FORGOTTEN GENOCIDE. New York. 2005. . p. 48
  4. Web site: Ողջի . 14 February 2021 . shirak.mtad.am.