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The Doukhobor Gazetteer - Search Details
Karahan
In 1879, Doukhobors from Elizavetpol and Tiflis established the village of Terpeniye (Терпение) along the Karahan River near Mount Karakhan in the Shuragel district of Kars province, Russia (present-day Akyaka district, Kars province, Turkey). It was named for the village of Terpeniye in Tavria where many of the families had originated thirty-five years earlier. It was abandoned during the Doukhobor emigration to Canada in 1899 and resettled by Orthodox Russian peasants who renamed it Plodorodnoye (Плодородное) meaning “fertile” in Russian. It was abandoned again in 1918-1921 when Russia ceded Kars to Turkey. Thereafter it was resettled by Turks and renamed Karahan after the river and mountain. That name, in turn, means "black Kahn" in Turkish and refers to the ancient Turkish tribe that once settled the area. [40° 47' 1" N - 43° 34' 0" E]
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