Fioletovo

{{Infobox settlement |official_name = Fioletovo |native_name = Ֆիոլետովո |image_skyline = Fioletovo1_(6_sept_2008).jpg |image_shield = COA_of_Fioletovo.jpg |pushpin_map = Armenia |mapsize = 150px |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{Flag|Armenia}} |subdivision_type1 = [[Administrative divisions of Armenia|Province]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Lori Province|Lori]] |population_footnotes = <ref name="2022 Census">{{cite web|url=https://www.armstat.am/en/?nid=82&id=2623|title=The Main Results of RA Census 2022, trilingual / Armenian Statistical Service of Republic of Armenia|website=www.armstat.am|access-date=2025-09-11}}</ref> |population_as_of = [[Census in Armenia|2022]] |population_total = 1,205 |timezone = [[Armenia Time|AMT]] |utc_offset = +4 |coordinates = {{coord|40|43|29|N|44|42|50|E|region:AM|display=inline,title}} |elevation_m = 1670 }}

'''Fioletovo''' ({{langx|hy|Ֆիոլետովո}}) is a village in the [[Lori Province]] of [[Armenia]].

== Toponymy == The village was known as ''Nikitino'' until 1936, when it was renamed ''Fioletovo'' in honour of the [[Russian people|Russian]] [[Communism|Communist]] activist and one of the [[26 Baku Commissars]] [[Ivan Fioletov]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cadastre.am/storage/files/pages/pg_907871769_HH_bnak._bar..pdf |title=Municipalities of Armenia |access-date=2015-07-29 |archive-date=2014-09-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912150541/http://www.cadastre.am/storage/files/pages/pg_907871769_HH_bnak._bar..pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Geography == The village has an extremely cold winter with a cool and mild summer. It lies under a thick layer of snow during the long winter season, where only the roofs of houses could be seen from the top with their smoking chimneys.

== History == In the 1840s the village was settled by [[Spiritual Christianity|Spiritual Christians]] relocated from Russia. In the present-day, the village is inhabited mostly by congregations of ''Dukh-i-zhizniki'' and one congregation of ''[[Molokans|Molokane]]''. The population of the village is diminishing year by year as emigration is growing among its residents, who are trying to look for better economic conditions.{{Cn|date=June 2024}}

In 2023, the first heritage museum of [[Molokans in Armenia]] was opened in Fioletovo.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Berikyan |first=Mane |date=29 June 2023 |title=Armenia welcomes first-ever Molokan Heritage Museum in the region |url=https://www.civilnet.am/en/news/743205/armenia-welcomes-first-ever-molokan-heritage-museum-in-the-region/ |work=[[CivilNet]]}}</ref>

== Demographics == Most of the population of Fioletovo are Spiritual Christians from Russia divided into about five religious congregations. Most [[Meeting house|meet in houses]]. The majority are about four congregations of ''Dukh-i-zhizniki'', and the minority are one congregation of ''[[Molokans|Molokane]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Conovaloff |first1=Andrei |title=Taxonomy of 3 Spiritual Christian groups from Russia: Molokane, Pryguny and Dukh-i-zhizniki — books, fellowship, holidays, prophets and songs. (Классификация трёх духовных христианских групп: молокане, прыгуны и дух-и-жизники — книги, общение, праздники, пророки, и песни.) |url=http://www.molokane.org/taxonomy |website=Spiirtual Christians Around the World |access-date=10 January 2025 |location=Arizona, USA |date=2012}}</ref>

{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;" |+ style="text-align: left;" | Fioletovo Population Change 2001-2022<ref>{{cite book |title=The Demographic Handbook of Armenia |date=2024 |publisher=ARMSTAT Statistical Committee Republic of Armenia |page=185 |url=https://armstat.am/file/article/demog_2024_8.pdf |access-date=7 January 2025 |chapter=Part 8: RA Population Census}}</ref> |- ! scope=col | Year !! scope=col | Total!! scope=col | Male !! scope=col | Female !! scope=col | Total Change |- ! scope=row | 2001 | 1,273 || 610 || 663 || |- ! scope=row | 2011 | 1,178 || 595 || 583 || -95 (-7.5%) |- ! scope=row | 2011 | 1,070 || 514 || 556 || -108 (-9.2%) |}

The chart shows a steady decrease in population of about 8% per decade since 2000.

== Gallery == <gallery mode="packed-hover" heights="140"> Fioletovo2 (6 sept 2008).jpg|Fioletovo Fioletovo5 (6 sept 2008).jpg|A villager in Fioletovo -Forest near Fioletovo village S-N 01.jpg Fioletovo, Shavrukh, Cross-stone, 2013.06.08 - panoramio.jpg </gallery>

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[[Category:Populated places in Lori Province]] [[Category:Erivan Governorate]]