Armenian epigraphic sources from Ismail (Ukraine): newly found items
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HARUTYUNYAN, Arsen, MATVEEV, Sergiu. Armenian epigraphic sources from Ismail (Ukraine): newly found items. In: Patrimoniul cultural: cercetare, valorificare, promovare, Ed. 11, 29-31 octombrie 2019, Chișinău. Chișinău: Institutul Patrimoniului Cultural, 2019, Ediția 11, pp. 54-55. ISBN 978-9975-84-104-7.
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Patrimoniul cultural: cercetare, valorificare, promovare
Ediția 11, 2019
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11, Chișinău, Moldova, 29-31 octombrie 2019

Armenian epigraphic sources from Ismail (Ukraine): newly found items

CZU: 94(=19)(477)

Pag. 54-55

Harutyunyan Arsen1, Matveev Sergiu2
 
1 Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography NAS RA,
2 Moldova State University
 
 
Disponibil în IBN: 27 ianuarie 2020


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The Armenian community in the territory of medieval Moldova was formed at least in the 10-11th centuries and developed in the 14-15th centuries after the establishment of Moldovian power in 1359. The town of Izmail was previously located in the province of Bessarabia and at present is within the region of Odessa of Ukraine. Before its fortress had been taken by generalissimus A. Suvorov in 1790, it used to be one of the famous Armenian centers of Moldova where Armenians had several churches and were engaged in handicraft (especially in tailoring) and trade. About a dozen of epigraphs located in the Armenian cemetery adjacent to St. Astvatsatsin Church were still published by Christopher Kuchuk-Hovhannisyan at the beginning of the last century which is evidence about the once dense Armenian community. One of the epigraphs is about the church rennovation activities which were accomplished in 1763, during the reign of Catholicos Hakob Shamakhetsi of All Armenians, and by donations of local spiritual and secular representatives. The other epigraphs are epitaphs dated 1556-1749. Unfortunately, those epigraphs have not been preserved but two epitaphs have recently been discovered in Izmail. One of them is situated in the garden of one of the locals. It is dated 1725 and bears the names of deceased Friar Pilpos and probably his wife Khanghaz. The other tombstone is exhibited in the yard of the Historical Museum of Izmail “Al. Suvorov”. It is dated 1758 and also bears the names of two deceased – Arzukhan from Bist Village (in Nakhijevan) and probably her husband Hovsep, son of Tsatur. The discovery of new tombstones reaffirmed again the active life of Armenian community in Izmail especially in the 18th century as well as it served as an occasion to refer to the history of this Armenian colony and non-preserved epigraphic inscriptions in a new way.