Two centuries had passed since the Ottomans left the Podil eyalet. They made it to Yazlivets and then vanished from the land. After their departure, Yazlivets fell into decline and turned into a large village. The vineyards tended by the Ottomans over their eleven years of rule disappeared from the hills. The melon patch was deposed: the new landowners plowed it under to plant their corn and tobacco. Rains and winds pushed around the stones of the impenetrable fortress. Large gaps and holes remained in the walls from the artillery fire of the last assault. Armenians never again returned to the town. For some time the Jews tried to maintain their trade and crafts, but they never managed to regain the past glory of the Yazlivets markets and trading routes. Poles and wealthy Rusyns settled in the Armenians’ homes. All that remained where the town had been was the hills...
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