 Many Armenian families from Kars and Karin were resettled in Artik in 1829-30.In 1840, Artik became part of the newly-formed Alexandropol Uyezd, which -in its turn- became part of the Erivan Governorate later in 1849.After World War I, Artik was included within the borders of the newly-founded Republic of Armenia, who enjoyed a short-lived independence from May 1918 until December 1920, when it fell to the invading Soviet Red Army.