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This dacha consisted of 3,455 desiatinas (9,330 acres) of land suitable for cultivation in or near the villages of Arginshik, Iaman El, Adzhilar.

Interior view of a cafe. Men sit around a table cross-legged smoking pipes. They have taken off their shoes.

18 October 1837

The walls of a fortification are still visible, and Keppen identifies them as defensive. Near the mountain top Keppen traces out the remains of a rectangular structure 13 by 9 paces with walls around it - likely a church. There is another church of…

On the heights of Ayudag are the remains of an ancient fortification with thick walls of "wild stone" but little else. "And is it surprising?" Keppen asks. "One must remember that this place has not been inhabited since 1475. And from that time no…

2 Catholics and 167 Greeks abandoned this area in 1778.

According to the 1794 report, this dacha consisted of 7,349 desiatinas (almost 20,000 acres of mainly fertile land) in or near the villages of Azamat, Koj Eli, Melesh.

According to the 1794 report, this dacha consisted of 500 desiatinas.