Expert Debunks Azerbaijan’s Claims of Historical Heritage in Armenia, Presents List of Armenian Sites Destroyed by Azerbaijan

• The Transept of Kanach Zham Church in Shushi turned into a cafe

• The Church of Surb Astvatsatsin of Karintak is being vandalized

• Memorial dedicated to the victims of World War II and the First Artsakh War was desecrated in Azokh village

• Destruction of khachkars caused by Azerbaijan in the occupied territories of Artsakh

• Another manifestation of Azerbaijani religious and national “tolerance” in the churches of Tsakuri and Togh

• During the 44-day war of 2020, the cultural heritage of Artsakh became one of the targets of Azerbaijan

• St. Amenaprkich Church of Mets Tagher Village was destroyed 

• The Kanach Zham church in Shushi is being destroyed by Azerbaijanis

• Destruction of the cemetery and khachkars in Lachin

• Azerbaijan destroyed the Memorial Complex of Glory in the city of Berdzor

• Azerbaijanis Vandalize Statue of Stepan Shahumyan in Stepanakert

• The wall of license plates in Vank village demolished by presidential order in Azerbaijan

• Azerbaijan Destroys Stepanakert Cross, Europe’s Second Tallest Structure

• Azerbaijan turns the historical layers of the 19th-century Meghretsots Surb Astvatsatsin Church of Shushi into a garbage heap

• The act of destruction of Anatoly Zinevich’s bust

• Azerbaijan’s Destruction of the Spring-Monument in Aghanus Village, Kashatagh Region

• Azerbaijan Destroys Bust of Ivan Isakov

• Azerbaijan Destroys Monument of Alexander Myasnikyan on Martuni Street, Stepanakert

• Azerbaijan destroys Karabakh capital Stepanakert’s Eagle Monument built during Soviet era

• Azerbaijan cultural genocide latest victim is Alex Manoogian statue in Karabakh capital Stepanakert

• Martakert Museum in occupied Nagorno-Karabakh becomes another victim of Azerbaijani vandals 

• Azerbaijan Demolishes Charles Aznavour Monument in Artsakh’s Stepanakert

• The bust of the poet and translator, Alexander Tsaturyan, was destroyed in Stepanakert

• Azerbaijan Engages in the Destruction of Cemeteries in Shushi

• Azerbaijan destroyed the Park of Teachers and the inscription in Mets Tagher village

• Azerbaijan has vandalized the fraternal (military) cemetery in the village of Haterk in Artsakh

• In the occupied city of Stepanakert, Azerbaijan destroyed the memorial stone of Ashot Ghulyan, a hero of Artsakh

• The Azerbaijanis have removed the cross from the Church of Vankasar in Artsakh. 

• The cross of the Saint Hakob Church, located in the Hakobyan district of Stepanakert, the capital of the Republic of Artsakh, has been removed.

• By the order of the President of Azerbaijan, the historical Armenian Togh is being transformed into the Azerbaijani-Albanian “Tugh” reserve.

• The churches of Saints Sargis and Grigor in the village of Tsar in the Karvachar region have become the latest victims of Azerbaijani cultural vandalism. 

• The next victims of Azerbaijan’s cultural genocide are the sculptures placed on Stepanakert’s Andranik Street.

• The building of the National Assembly of the Republic of Artsakh and the office of the Freedom Fighters Union have been destroyed by Azerbaijani terror units, marking yet another act of vandalism in occupied Stepanakert. 

• St. John’s Cathedral in Stepanakert Vandalized by Azerbaijan 

• The statue of Khachatur Abovyan has become another target of Azerbaijani vandalism

• The vandals have destroyed the sculptures in the Renaissance Square of Stepanakert 

• The village of Mokhrenes in the Hadrut region has been leveled to the ground.

“This is not the complete list. Every day, Armenian cultural life in Artsakh is being demolished by the Azerbaijani government. The purpose of this Azerbaijani political maneuvering is to completely erase the Armenian presence in Artsakh,” concluded Avanesov to The Armenian Report.