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Kameral'noe Opisanie was a survey ordered by the Russian
Czar and was conducted in the years from 1829- 1832 AD. More then just
a census this gives us an idea of who the people were and how they
lived. There are a few crucial clues that help in Rug studies.
| |
Erevan
1829- 1832 |
The
Mahals 1829- 1832 |
| |
Muslims |
Native Armenians |
Immigrant Armenians |
Muslims |
Native Armenians |
Immigrant Armenians |
| Dyers (blue) |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
27 |
| Spinners |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
19 |
| Loom Makers |
0 |
0 |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
| Red Dyers |
4 |
2 |
16 |
0 |
1 |
26 |
| Totals |
6 |
3 |
20 |
2 |
8 |
72 |
Due to the
fighting between Russia and the Ottomen Empire by 1830 thousands of the
Muslims had recently moved out of the Province of Erevan. The
Kameral'noe Opisanie notes more than 1/3 of all of the villages were
abandoned. A large portion of Armenian imagration into Erevan was in
the Gokcha Mahal the area north and northwest of Lake Van ( the large
lake bottom center in the map below). Please note that major weaving
areas such as Pambak and the Idjevan area were in the hands of the
Russians prior to 1829.
Note the figures above, immigrant Armenians dominate both red and blue
dyeing and spinning. Looms last a long time but two Immigrant Armenians
were loom makers. The Russians did not record home industrty such as
rug weaving but I am convinced that a huge numer of rugs were woven by
Armenians from 1829 onwards. Now look again at thje maps. The area of
major Armenian population growth was in an area that geography guided
trade. If you were taking goods to market obviously you would not haul
them at great risk to life and limb over snow covered peaks. The trade
path funneled trade goods to Kazak and Gendge. So what do we call the
Armenian rugs? Kazak and Gendge.
So while not all Kazak (and Gendge) rugs are Armenian I
believe most of what we know as Kazak is Armenia.
My information on the Kameral'noe Opisanie and population trends draws
heavily on a book by George
Bournoutian The
Khanate of Erevan Under Qajar Rule 1795 - 1828. Costa Mesa:
Mazda Publishers in Association with Bibliotheca Persica, 1992. I
called Professor Bournoutian
on 11/26/03 and discussed my thoughts on this with him and he was in
general agreement with my conclusions. So credit is due him but all the
mistakes are mine.
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