Арменската колония в град Русе в края на XIX - началото на XX в. Историко-демографски характеристики
The Armenian community in Rousse at the end of the XIXth and the beginning of the XXth century. Historical and Demographical Characteristics

Summary/Abstract: Armenian ethno-confessional community in Rouse is among the biggest in Bulgaria at the end of the XIXth and the beginning of the XX century. The Register census of the this population worked out from the board of the church of Virgin Mary, represents a perfect source of demographical and ethnographical evidence. This Register covers the whole armenian community in the city and compared to the particularization of the data in full details, approaches to the Catholic parochial register only. The diverse evidence about the armenian community in the Register allowed the application of the methods of Dupaquier - a reconstruction of the family. Armenian family in Rouse towards the end of the XIXth and the beginning of the XXth century is not an extended one. The most frequent types of family households, according to the Register are two - nuclear and extended (after the classification of Laslet). During the period under consideration the marital, respectively - demographical behaviour of the personality and the whole group is marked by the economical and social changes in the country. As a result changes as well the development of natality and mortality, nuptial age, etc. - i. e. the so-called "demographical transition" can be observed. It is to be pointed out that armenians traditionally are an urban community of craftsmen and merchants. Rousse - one of the greatest industrial centers in Bulgaria provides possibilities for its financial and social development which influences the demographical behaviour and characteristics of the group. The age- and sexual hierarchy of armenian ethno-confessional group shows a progressively developing urban community with considerable opportunities for reproduction - a proof for its adaptation to the actualities in the country during the examined period.

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