Country Turkey District Kars central district Time zone EET (UTC+2) Population 1,578 (2011) | Province Kars Province Elevation 1,760 m (5,770 ft) Postal code 36900 Area code 0474 | |
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Kümbetli is a village in the central (Kars) district of Kars Province, Turkey at 40°33′N 43°00′E. It is situated a little north of the Turkish state highway D-963, 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) west of Kars. The population of Kümbetli was 1578 as of 2011.
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- Kars k mbetli k y www kha com tr kafkas haber ajans kha
- Map of 36000 KC3BCmbetli KC3B6yC3BC2FKars Merkez2FKars Turkey
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When the territory of Kars became part of the Russian Empire after the Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878), Russian Protestants of the Molokan sect founded several villages around Kars, including this one, which they named Vladikars ("Little Kars"). In 1921 the region became part of Turkey. Most of the Molakan population left and Karapapaks (a Turkmen people) from Georgia settled in the village. The Karapapaks pronounced the name as Lazikars and the village was later renamed Kümbetli, referring to a Seljukid kümbet 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) north west of the village. The major economic activity of the village is dairying.
Trivia
The Turkish film Piano Girl is about Molokan community in Kars province.