Vedi has been a considerably large settlement until the 17th century . At the beginning of the 19th century , it had around 250 families with a 95 % majority of Caucasian Tatars ( nowadays known as Azerbaijanis ) and 5 % of Armenians . Following the Russo-Persian War of 1826 – 1828 and the signing of the Treaty of Turkmenchay between Qajar Persia and the Russian Empire in 1828 , Vedi became part of Imperial Russia . During the 1830s , around 500 Armenians were allowed to move from the Persian city of Maku to Böyük Vedi . In 1849 , the settlement became part of the Erivan Governorate of the Russian Empire . During the 2nd decade of the 20th century , Many Western Armenian families from the Ottoman cities of Van , Shatakh and Muş have migrated to Vedi , escaping the Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Vedi