Women and children gathered in the church yard / Pilgrims. Women and children are gathered in front of a one-story building / Women going on pilgrimage / Pilgrims are sitting under trees. Pots are placed on the fire / Pilgrim men sitting on the ground / People going on pilgrimage to the saint Yegishe church.
Vartashen, Utik, early XX cent. History Museum of Armenia.
Vartashen used to be a mixed Udi-Armenian town. Because Udis had Armenian names and were followers of the Armenian Apostolic Church (and therefore were viewed as Armenians) they suffered the same fate as Armenians and were forced to leave during the 1st Artsakh War. The town has been named Oghuz.














