ETHNO-HISTORICAL ANOMALIES

(ACCORDING TO “TOPONIMIES OF ARMENIA AND ITS NEAR REGIONS”)

Abstract

According to “Toponimies of Armenia and its near regions” dictionary gives historical information about settlement of Armenian people on the base of local Armenian people’s stories. It also indicates which province these Armenian people arrived from in each village. Most of the Armenians arrived from Erzrum and settled in the villages of Samtskhe-Javakheti.

In the Armenian dictionary of toponyms the national consistence of some village population are indicated from the old data, while a big majority of villages in Samtskhe-Javakheti, mainly the villages where resettled Armenian population live, the national consistence is indicated according to 60-70-s of the 19th century. Georgian population also lived in these villages though the dictionary says nothing about it
In 20th century (60-70- s) Georgian people were living in above mentioned villages not Azerbaijan. They are people who changed their religion. This issues is written incorrect in Toponimies in Armenia and near regions in volume five.