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Coordinates : 40°43′29″N 44°42′50″E / 40.72472°N 44.71389°E / 40.72472; 44.71389 Fioletovo ( Armenian : Ֆիոլետովո ) is a village in the Lori Province of Armenia . Toponymy The v...

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Coordinates: 40°43′29″N44°42′50″E / 40.72472°N 44.71389°E / 40.72472; 44.71389

Fioletovo (Armenian: Ֆիոլետովո) is a village in the Lori Province of Armenia.

Toponymy

The village was known as Nikitino until 1936, when it was renamed Fioletovo in honour of the RussianCommunist activist and one of the 26 Baku CommissarsIvan Fioletov.[2]

Geography

The village has an extremely cold winter with a cool and mild summer. It lies under a thick layer of snow during the long winter season, where only the roofs of houses could be seen from the top with their smoking chimneys.

History

In the 1840s the village was settled by Spiritual Christians relocated from Russia. In the present-day, the village is inhabited mostly by congregations of Dukh-i-zhizniki and one congregation of Molokane. The population of the village is diminishing year by year as emigration is growing among its residents, who are trying to look for better economic conditions.

In 2023, the first heritage museum of Molokans in Armenia was opened in Fioletovo.[3]

Demographics

Most of the population of Fioletovo are Spiritual Christians from Russia divided into about five religious congregations. Most meet in houses. The majority are about four congregations of Dukh-i-zhizniki, and the minority are one congregation of Molokane.[4]

The chart shows a steady decrease in population of about 8% per decade since 2000.

References

  1. ↑"The Main Results of RA Census 2022, trilingual / Armenian Statistical Service of Republic of Armenia". www.armstat.am. Retrieved 2025-09-11.
  2. ↑"Municipalities of Armenia"(PDF). Archived from the original(PDF) on 2014-09-12. Retrieved 2015-07-29.
  3. ↑Berikyan, Mane (29 June 2023). "Armenia welcomes first-ever Molokan Heritage Museum in the region". CivilNet.
  4. ^ Conovaloff, Andrei (2012). "Taxonomía de tres grupos cristianos espirituales de Rusia: Molokane, Pryguny y Dukh-i-zhizniki: libros, compañerismo, fiestas, profetas y canciones. (Классификация трёх духовных христианских групп: молокане, прыгуны и дух-и-жизники — книги, общение, праздники, пророки, и песни.)" . Cristianos espirituales alrededor del mundo . Arizona, EE. UU .. Consultado el 10 de enero de 2025 .
  5. ↑ "Parte 8: Censo de Población de la RA". Manual Demográfico de Armenia (PDF) . Comité de Estadística ARMSTAT de la República de Armenia. 2024. pág. 185. Consultado el 7 de enero de 2025 .