Հայերի դերը Օսմանեան կայսրութեան առեւտրական կեանքում եւ պոլսահայ գաղթօջախի թուաքանակը (1780-1820ականներ)
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2017
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In the second half of the 18th century a considerable number of urban Western Armenians lived in Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Empire, which had a mixture of Armenians from different provinces of Western Armenia. As Constantinople was the main sociopolitical centre of Western Armenians, it is important to study the demography of its Armenian community; in addition, the second half of the 18th century has been relatively little studied. The sustainability and vitality of the Armenian community of Constantinople greatly depended upon the continuous inflow of Armenians from the provinces. Owing to this fact the town maintained its role as the political, spiritual and cultural-educational centre of Western Armenians.
Basing his conclusions on a comparative study of data provided by Armenian and foreign authors, the author states that the information provided by the French traveller G.-A. Olivier, who rated the Constantinople Armenians as the main and most knowledgeable traders in the Ottoman Empire, must be true. This means that Armenians had the largest markest share of the Ottoman Empire's domestic trade.
On the other hand, the author disagrees and has reservations when Olivier puts the number of Constantinople Armenians at around 7-8000. The author argues that in the 1790s the number should be closer to 10,000 but not more than that. The author notes that the fluctuation of the number of Armenians in Constantinople was due to domestic and foreign factors. For instance a number of those who came from the provinces returned to their birthplaces at a later stage or continued on to Europe. The increase of the number of Armenians in Constantinople was at the expense of their number in the provinces. Armenians fled the provinces because of the increasing persecution against Christians.
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Մալոյեան, Ա., «Հայերի դերը Օսմանեան կայսրութեան առեւտրական կեանքում եւ պոլսահայ գաղթօջախի թուաքանակը (1780-1820ականներ)», «Հայկազեան հայագիտական հանդէս», 2017, Պէյրութ, էջ 153-172