Historically, Armenians settled on fertile lands that did not belong to them, and then, acting as owners of this place, in various ways displaced the local population from their native lands, destroying or changing historical and cultural monuments. Many Russian historians wrote about the resettlement policy and vandalism of this people in their works. For example, Russian ethnographer L.P. Zagursky in his book “Notes of the Caucasian Department-1873” on the settlement of Armenians in Javakheti writes: “In general, Javakhetia, during Turkish rule, was poorly populated. Upon the conquest by the Russians of the current Akhaltsikh district, the Erzerum immigrants, attracted by the benefits that the described country represented, poured on it in such an amount that they made up the predominant population of the country. Here it should be noted that Armenians, who have acquired a habit (even since their loss of political independence), easily leave their homeland, willingly settle in a country that promises to deliver material benefits to them. According to the construction in it, immigrants build churches in which they usually place images and ancient church books taken out of their former homeland; then they build up around churches, acquire immovable estates, take possession of trade and made quite settled residents of the new country. Due to their strong community spirit, they form an isolated community, not assimilating with the native population, but retaining the main features of its national character. Therefore, it is not surprising if the country in which this active and colonizing people has established itself in a significant number takes such a form little by little, as if Armenians inhabited it. We could, as well as possible, trace this phenomenon in Javakhetia. ”
