Koti ( hy, Կոթի) is a village in the
Tavush Province of
Armenia near the border with
Azerbaijan. The village is located 5 kilometres east of Saint Sargis Monastery.
Etymology
The village was known in 1920 as ''Kotikend'' () or ''Kotigegh'' (), later being renamed to ''Shavarshavan'' () in 1961 in honour of Armenian revolutionary who hailed from the village. Following the independence of Armenia, the village was finally renamed Koti.
Education
Children of Armenia Fund (COAF) started its activities in Tavush in 2016, including education and health programs, shelter from shelling and other potential use of weapons in areas along the border with Azerbaijan.
Economy
The population is engaged cattle breeding, fruit growing, tobacco growing, cultivation of grain and fodder crops.
History
Koti in the
Russian Empire from 1828–1840 formed a part of the
Georgian Governorate
The Georgian Governorate (russian: Грузинская губерния; ka, საქართველოს გუბერნია) was one of the '' guberniyas'' of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. Its capital was Tiflis (T ...
, and later of the
Georgia-Imeretia Governorate
The Georgia-Imeretia Governorate (russian: Грузино-Имеретинская губерния) was a short-lived governorate (''guberniya'') of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire, administered from Tiflis (Tbilisi). Roughly co ...
1840–1845, then of the
Tiflis Governorate until it finally became part of the
Kazakh uezd
The Kazakh uezd was a county (''uezd'') of the Elizavetpol Governorate of the Russian Empire and later of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic with its center in Kazakh (present-day Qazax) from 1868 until its formal abolition in 1929 by the Soviet a ...
of the
Elizavetpol Governorate in 1868.
In 1918, the
First Republic of Armenia
The First Republic of Armenia, officially known at the time of its existence as the Republic of Armenia ( hy, Հայաստանի Հանրապետութիւն), was the first modern Armenian state since the loss of Armenian statehood in the Middle ...
declared its independence from the
Russian SFSR and became the controller of Koti, then known as Kotikend or Kotigegh.
During the
Armenian–Azerbaijani war, Koti and Kalacha (present-day
Berdavan) were occupied by the
Azerbaijan Democratic Republic on 7 April 1920 as a result of the hostilities in
Nagorno-Karabakh; later after a brief ceasefire on 9 April, Koti and Kurumsulu (
Barekamavan
Barekamavan ( hy, Բարեկամավան) is a village in the Noyemberyan Municipality of the Tavush Province of Armenia
Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of ...
) were burned.
After the
Soviet invasion of Azerbaijan, the Russian SFSR and Armenia concluded an agreement on 10 August 1920 to delineate
Soviet Azerbaijan's border—in which Koti was confirmed within the bounds of Armenia.
In 1930, the
Armenian SSR
The Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic,; russian: Армянская Советская Социалистическая Республика, translit=Armyanskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika) also commonly referred to as Soviet A ...
experienced an administrative reorganisation that transformed its ''
uezds'' into ''
raions.'' Koti which was formerly part of the Dilijan Uyezd subsequently became a part of the
Ijevan District
Ijevan ( hy, Իջևան) is a town and urban municipal community in Armenia serving as the administrative centre of the Tavush Province. It is located at the center of the region, at the foot of Ijevan ridge of Gugark Mountains, on the shores of ...
.
Demographics
Notable people
*
Khoren Bayramyan
Khoren Robertovich Bayramyan ( hy, Խորեն Ռոբերտի Բայրամյան; russian: Хорен Робертович Байрамян; born 7 January 1992) is an Armenian professional Association football, footballer who plays for FC Rosto ...
, professional footballer
*
Vano Siradeghyan, writer and politician
Gallery
Koti1.jpg,
Koti village.jpg,
References
External links
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Populated places in Tavush Province
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