With the Persian occupation of Eastern Armenia at the beginning of the 16th century , Caucasian Tatars have been resettled with large numbers in the Armenian settlements . After the Russian occupation in 1828 , Armenian migrants from Maku arrived in Vedi . Western Armenian families from Van , Shatakh and Muş were resettled in Vedi as a result of the Armenian Genocide . However , Vedi remained a settlement with a majority of Caucasian Tatars until the 1940s when Armenians from Sisian , Yeghegnadzor and Martuni were resettled in the town . Thus , Vedi is considered a highly diversified town in term of the cultural and regional background of its citizens
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Vedi