ARMENIAN LIFE BEFORE 1915 / RESEARCH EDITION 0.4
Moush / Mush
City · Bitlis / Paghesh
Present-day reference: Muş
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7,435
Armenian residents · 1913–1914
Six functioning Armenian Apostolic churches; a Catholic church is separately documented. This figure excludes non-functioning churches.
Institutions and count definitions
Active Apostolic churches
6Early 20th century
Six functioning Apostolic churches. The Catholic church, adjacent chapel and inactive church buildings are listed separately; six is not every Armenian place of worship.
Schools
Complete total not established1913–1914
Documented institutions and groups
A selective directory, not a complete same-year census. Grouped and named entries must not be added together without checking overlap.
- Saint Harutyun
church · Armenian Apostolic
Functioning in the source account
Robert Tatoyan · Moush — Churches (Houshamadyan, 2016) - Saint Marine
church · Armenian Apostolic
Functioning in the source account
Robert Tatoyan · Moush — Churches (Houshamadyan, 2016) - Saint Kevork
church · Armenian Apostolic
Functioning in the source account
Robert Tatoyan · Moush — Churches (Houshamadyan, 2016) - Holy Virgin / Sheg Avedaran
church · Armenian Apostolic
Functioning in the source account
Robert Tatoyan · Moush — Churches (Houshamadyan, 2016) - Saint Sarkis
church · Armenian Apostolic
Functioning in the source account
Robert Tatoyan · Moush — Churches (Houshamadyan, 2016) - Saint Giragos
church · Armenian Apostolic
Functioning in the source account
Robert Tatoyan · Moush — Churches (Houshamadyan, 2016) - Saint Minas
chapel · Armenian Apostolic
Adjacent to the Holy Virgin Church; not added to the six-church count.
Robert Tatoyan · Moush — Churches (Houshamadyan, 2016) - Holy Virgin Catholic Church
church · Armenian Catholic
Robert Tatoyan · Moush — Churches (Houshamadyan, 2016) - Saint Avedaranots
church · Armenian Apostolic
Standing, non-functioning in the source account
Robert Tatoyan · Moush — Churches (Houshamadyan, 2016) - Saint Gregory the Illuminator
church · Armenian Apostolic
Standing, non-functioning in the source account
Robert Tatoyan · Moush — Churches (Houshamadyan, 2016) - Saint Sdepanos
church · Armenian Apostolic
Standing, non-functioning in the source account
Robert Tatoyan · Moush — Churches (Houshamadyan, 2016) - Holy Savior / Sourp Prgitch
church · Armenian Apostolic
Standing, non-functioning in the source account
Robert Tatoyan · Moush — Churches (Houshamadyan, 2016)
Trades, industries and influence
A sourced economic profile has not yet been added. This is a research gap, not evidence that the community lacked economic importance.
Sources and geographic context
- Robert Tatoyan · Moush — Churches (Houshamadyan, 2016)
1913–1914 Patriarchate population figures. Active Apostolic churches are distinguished from Catholic and non-functioning sites.
Approximate locality reference point; not a surveyed boundary.
City, village, province and diocesan records have different scopes. Population and institution figures are not interchangeable or automatically additive.
Dataset 0.4.0 · Armenian Genocide Museum of Canada