Note 20 — Chapter VIII · FROM MUSH TO ERZERUM
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I will again cite Brant’s account, written in 1838:—“The greater portion of the Armenian peasantry emigrated into Georgia when the Russian army evacuated Turkey, after the peace of Adrianople; in consequence of which emigration, the population of the villages has been much diminished, and there is a great deal of ground uncultivated for want of hands” (op. cit. p. 341). ↑