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{{dablink|This article is about the town in [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]. For the cathedral in Georgia, see [[Ninotsminda Cathedral]].}}
{{dablink|This article is about the town in [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]. For the cathedral in Georgia, see [[Ninotsminda Cathedral]].}}
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|image_caption = Ninotsminda Apse and Tower
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'''Ninotsminda''' ([[Georgian language|Georgian]]: [[wikt:ნინოწმინდა|ნინოწმინდა]]) is a town and a [[raion|rayon]] located in [[Georgia (country)|Georgia's]] southern district of [[Samtskhe-Javakheti]]. The rayon has a population of 34,305 according to 2002 Census. The [[Armenians]] number 32,856, [[Georgians]] 476 and [[Russians]] 943. It is near the border with Armenia.<ref>[http://www.statistics.ge/main.php?pform=145&plang=1 Statistics Georgia]</ref>
'''Ninotsminda''' ([[Georgian language|Georgian]]: [[wikt:ნინოწმინდა|ნინოწმინდა]]) is a town and a [[raion|rayon]] located in [[Georgia (country)|Georgia's]] southern district of [[Samtskhe-Javakheti]]. The rayon has a population of 34,305 according to 2002 Census. The [[Armenians]] number 32,856, [[Georgians]] 476 and [[Russians]] 943. It is near the border with Armenia.<ref>[http://www.statistics.ge/main.php?pform=145&plang=1 Statistics Georgia]</ref>


[[File:Ninotsminda.jpg|thumb|Around Ninotsminda]]
[[File:Ninotsminda.jpg|thumb|left|Around Ninotsminda]]


During the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman rule]], this was a [[sanjak]] of [[Samtskhe Province, Ottoman Empire|Çıldır Eyaleti]], called Altunkale, which means "Golden Castle" in Turkish.
During the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman rule]], this was a [[sanjak]] of [[Samtskhe Province, Ottoman Empire|Çıldır Eyaleti]], called Altunkale, which means "Golden Castle" in Turkish.
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Before 1991, the town of Ninotsminda was called '''Bogdanovka''' ({{lang-ru|Богдановка}}) - a name going back to the history of the [[Doukhobor]] settlement in the region in the 1840s.<ref name=lohm>Hedwig Lohm, "Dukhobors in Georgia: A Study of the Issue of Land Ownership and Inter-Ethnic Relations in Ninotsminda rayon (Samtskhe-Javakheti)". November 2006. Available in [http://www.ecmi.de/download/working_paper_35_en.pdf English] and [http://www.ecmi.de/download/working_paper_35_rus.pdf Russian]</ref><ref>[http://www.doukhobor.org/pn-details.html?rec=725] (Doukhobor Genealogy Website)</ref> After the conquest of [[Kars]] in 1878, some Doukhobors from Bogdanovka moved to the newly created [[Kars Oblast]]. Twenty years later, some of them (or their descendants) emigrated from Kars Oblast to [[Canada]], where they established a short-lived village named Bogdanovka in [[Langham, Saskatchewan|Langham]] district of [[Saskatchewan]].<ref>[http://www.doukhobor.org/pn-details.html?rec=191 Bogdanovka, Langham District, SK] (Doukhobor Genealogy Website)</ref> Another group of emigrants, coming straight from Georgian Bogdanovka, established another Bogdanovka near [[Pelly, Saskatchewan]].<ref>[http://www.doukhobor.org/pn-details.html?rec=81 Bogdanovka, Pelly District, SK] (Doukhobor Genealogy Website)</ref>
Before 1991, the town of Ninotsminda was called '''Bogdanovka''' ({{lang-ru|Богдановка}}) - a name going back to the history of the [[Doukhobor]] settlement in the region in the 1840s.<ref name=lohm>Hedwig Lohm, "Dukhobors in Georgia: A Study of the Issue of Land Ownership and Inter-Ethnic Relations in Ninotsminda rayon (Samtskhe-Javakheti)". November 2006. Available in [http://www.ecmi.de/download/working_paper_35_en.pdf English] and [http://www.ecmi.de/download/working_paper_35_rus.pdf Russian]</ref><ref>[http://www.doukhobor.org/pn-details.html?rec=725] (Doukhobor Genealogy Website)</ref> After the conquest of [[Kars]] in 1878, some Doukhobors from Bogdanovka moved to the newly created [[Kars Oblast]]. Twenty years later, some of them (or their descendants) emigrated from Kars Oblast to [[Canada]], where they established a short-lived village named Bogdanovka in [[Langham, Saskatchewan|Langham]] district of [[Saskatchewan]].<ref>[http://www.doukhobor.org/pn-details.html?rec=191 Bogdanovka, Langham District, SK] (Doukhobor Genealogy Website)</ref> Another group of emigrants, coming straight from Georgian Bogdanovka, established another Bogdanovka near [[Pelly, Saskatchewan]].<ref>[http://www.doukhobor.org/pn-details.html?rec=81 Bogdanovka, Pelly District, SK] (Doukhobor Genealogy Website)</ref>


[[File:Schule ninotsminda.jpg|thumb|Armenian school in Ninotsminda]]
[[File:Schule ninotsminda.jpg|thumb|left|Armenian school in Ninotsminda]]


In Soviet Union, Doukhobor population of the region was in comparatively favorable conditions, isolated from attention of civil officials as population of ethnically mixed borderline region. In the 1990s, following the collapse of Soviet Union and rise of nationalist pressure (both local Armenian and state-imposed Georgian), a significant part of remaining Russian settlers abandoned their homes to settle in Russia.<ref>[http://www.patriarchia.ru/db/print/98190.html 17 марта 2006 г. Брянская область готовится принять партию русских духоборов с Кавказа \\ Патриархия.ru/АНН]</ref><ref>
In Soviet Union, Doukhobor population of the region was in comparatively favorable conditions, isolated from attention of civil officials as population of ethnically mixed borderline region. In the 1990s, following the collapse of Soviet Union and rise of nationalist pressure (both local Armenian and state-imposed Georgian), a significant part of remaining Russian settlers abandoned their homes to settle in Russia.<ref>[http://www.patriarchia.ru/db/print/98190.html 17 марта 2006 г. Брянская область готовится принять партию русских духоборов с Кавказа \\ Патриархия.ru/АНН]</ref><ref>

Revision as of 14:05, 1 February 2015

This article is about the town in Georgia. For the cathedral in Georgia, see Ninotsminda Cathedral.
Ninotsminda
Ninotsminda Apse and Tower
Ninotsminda Apse and Tower
Country Georgia
MkhareSamtskhe-Javakheti
Population
 (2002)
 • Total
34,305
Time zoneUTC+4 (Georgian Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+5

Ninotsminda (Georgian: ნინოწმინდა) is a town and a rayon located in Georgia's southern district of Samtskhe-Javakheti. The rayon has a population of 34,305 according to 2002 Census. The Armenians number 32,856, Georgians 476 and Russians 943. It is near the border with Armenia.[1]

Around Ninotsminda

During the Ottoman rule, this was a sanjak of Çıldır Eyaleti, called Altunkale, which means "Golden Castle" in Turkish.

Before 1991, the town of Ninotsminda was called Bogdanovka (Template:Lang-ru) - a name going back to the history of the Doukhobor settlement in the region in the 1840s.[2][3] After the conquest of Kars in 1878, some Doukhobors from Bogdanovka moved to the newly created Kars Oblast. Twenty years later, some of them (or their descendants) emigrated from Kars Oblast to Canada, where they established a short-lived village named Bogdanovka in Langham district of Saskatchewan.[4] Another group of emigrants, coming straight from Georgian Bogdanovka, established another Bogdanovka near Pelly, Saskatchewan.[5]

Armenian school in Ninotsminda

In Soviet Union, Doukhobor population of the region was in comparatively favorable conditions, isolated from attention of civil officials as population of ethnically mixed borderline region. In the 1990s, following the collapse of Soviet Union and rise of nationalist pressure (both local Armenian and state-imposed Georgian), a significant part of remaining Russian settlers abandoned their homes to settle in Russia.[6][7][8]

Famous people

References

  1. ^ Statistics Georgia
  2. ^ Hedwig Lohm, "Dukhobors in Georgia: A Study of the Issue of Land Ownership and Inter-Ethnic Relations in Ninotsminda rayon (Samtskhe-Javakheti)". November 2006. Available in English and Russian
  3. ^ [1] (Doukhobor Genealogy Website)
  4. ^ Bogdanovka, Langham District, SK (Doukhobor Genealogy Website)
  5. ^ Bogdanovka, Pelly District, SK (Doukhobor Genealogy Website)
  6. ^ 17 марта 2006 г. Брянская область готовится принять партию русских духоборов с Кавказа \\ Патриархия.ru/АНН
  7. ^ Духоборы из Малого Снежетка. Первые переселенцы обустраиваются на новом месте. Евгений Писарев, Тамбовская область \\ "Российская газета" - Черноземье №4568 от 22 января 2008 г.
  8. ^ Джавахетские проблемы Грузии. России ахалкалакцы здесь больше не нужны? 18.06.2006. России ахалкалакцы здесь больше не нужны? Иракли Чихладзе, "Солидарность" выпуск №2

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