Karen Posted April 20, 2007 Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 Barev dzes! I'm looking if anyone have info on the villages of Rap and Knkianos, which were supposed to be located around Terjan (Erzerum villayet, Erzerum sandjak, Terjan kaza). I personally checked Armenian Encyclopedia of Topography (the 5-volume one) and Sovier military maps. Nothing was found. So, maybe you heard something about those localities? This is needed for an upcoming article/publication (unfortunately, russian-language) in Russia-based Aniv magazin. The Aniv guys kicked-off a series of publications about various gavars of Western Armenia. To be honest, I'm not sure why are they looking specifically for those two names. It might be some important detail in the research that they do... I'll keep you posted. http://www.aniv.ru Harganqnerov, Karen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormig Posted April 20, 2007 Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 Not 100% sure, but... The older provincial system grouped many modern provinces together, and that likely means the modern province of Erzincan was part of the older province of Erzurum. There IS a Tercan in Erzincan province. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neko Posted April 21, 2007 Report Share Posted April 21, 2007 Barev dzes! I'm looking if anyone have info on the villages of Rap and Knkianos, which were supposed to be located around Terjan (Erzerum villayet, Erzerum sandjak, Terjan kaza). I personally checked Armenian Encyclopedia of Topography (the 5-volume one) and Sovier military maps. Nothing was found. So, maybe you heard something about those localities? This is needed for an upcoming article/publication (unfortunately, russian-language) in Russia-based Aniv magazin. The Aniv guys kicked-off a series of publications about various gavars of Western Armenia. To be honest, I'm not sure why are they looking specifically for those two names. It might be some important detail in the research that they do... I'll keep you posted. http://www.aniv.ru Harganqnerov, Karen. Tercan actually covers a big and geographically varied area. Can you be more specific - were they north or south of the Firat? And make me more motivational - ask them why it is important for those places to be identified, and what is significant about them. I'll dig out some old maps and have a look if you do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen Posted May 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2007 Many thanks to those who replied. I talked to the guys and it seems the question had beed resolved. It was a memoir-autobiography of some figure who's originally from Terjan area. And he briefly mentioned in his Armenian language writing the two names, without metioning who or what it was... It made them puzzle over the names, as in the context those could have ranged from the personal names-nicknames to names of geographical localities, etc. Finally, they connected to the offsprings of the author, who currently live in Armenia, and they clarified that Rap and Khnkinots actually were nick-names of fedayees, who were born in Terjan area. Personally, it doesn't make a lot of sence as, for example, "Rap" couldn't be rationally interpreted based on Armenian linguistics... So far, so much. Karen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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