Drakhtik
# Drakhtik

Drakhtik (Armenian: Դրախտիկ) is a village in the Shoghakat Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia.

## Etymology

The village was previously known as Tokhluja (Azerbaijani: Toxluca; Russian: Тохлуджа; Armenian: Թոխլուջա). The current name of the village, Drakhtik, means "little paradise" in Armenian.

## History

Drakhtik, then known as Tokhluja, was part of the Nor Bayazet uezd of the Erivan Governorate within the Russian Empire. Bournoutian presents the statistics of the village in the early 20th century as follows:

| Ownership | Treasury |
| - | - |
| Inhabited space | 21 desyatinas (0.34 sq km) |
| Vegetable gardens | 3 desyatinas (0.05 sq km) |
| Irrigated plowed fields | 24 desyatinas (0.39 sq km) |
| Unirrigated plowed fields | 1,156 desyatinas (18.94 sq km) |
| Unirrigated fodder fields | 460 desyatinas (7.54 sq km) |
| Yaylaks | 362 desyatinas (5.93 sq km) |
| Total land | 2,026 desyatinas (33.20 sq km) |
| Total households | 155 (All Tatar (later known as Azerbaijani)) |
| Total income | 7,291 rubles |
| Total land taxes | 1,624.83 rubles |
| Army tax | 255 rubles |
| Upkeep of officials | 526.36 rubles |
| Total revenue | 2,406.19 rubles |
| Large livestock | 1,490 |
| Small livestock | 1,309 |

## Economy

The population is engaged in animal husbandry, vegetable growing and grain cultivation.

## Demographics

The population of Drakhtik since 1829 is as follows:

| Year | Population | Note |
| - | - | - |
| 1829 | 296 | |
| 1831 | 296 | 100% Muslim |
| 1873 | 466 | 100% Tatar (later known as Azerbaijani) |
| 1886 | 681 | 100% Tatar (later known as Azerbaijani) |
| 1897 | 935 | 100% Muslim. 495 men and 440 women. |
| 1904 | 1,170 | |
| 1914 | 1,373 | Mainly Tatar. Also recorded as 1,285 |
| 1916 | 1,330 | |
| 1919 | 1,199 | Mainly Turkish |
| 1922 | 1,176 | 100% Turkish-Tatar |
| 1926 | 1,413 | 1,403 Turks, 5 Armenians, 5 Russians. Also recorded as 1,417 |
| 1931 | 1,723 | 100% Turkish |
| 1939 | 1,840 | |
| 1959 | 1,528 | |
| 1970 | 2,469 | |
| 1979 | 2,664 | |
| 2001 | 1,044 | |
| 2004 | 871 | |
| 2011 | 909 | |

## Gallery

* Panorama of Lake Sevan from near Drakhtik.
