GHOST OF SHUSHI. NEW VANDALISM OR SCREEN VERSION OF
"THE DEAD CONSUMED THE LIVING"

This bell tower looks like it was shelled. Getabek Region.
This are the meager ruins of a once well-preserved church of 9th century (Getabek region)
A fragment of melik's castle of 17th century. Destroyed recently (Lachin Region)
Village Arevshat (Dolanlar) of Hadrut Region Out of 150 houses and industrial and administrative buildings, only this staircase survived. Photo of September. 1993
Varazgomavank Church of the 9th century is in even direr condition (Lachin Region)
Village Arahul of Hardut Region. The ruins of once well-preserved church. Photo of September, 1993.

The Azeris coarsely "reconstructed" the church and turned it into an "Albanian monument" Photo of 1985.
One of early medieval monuments of Artsakh - Vachagan Barepasht Church (6th century).
 
The photo shows that under the pretext of reconstruction, the arched apertures of an Armenian church in Gandzak were turned into lancet ones, and the walls were laid with bricks to give them an Islamic appearance. Photo of 1983. Photo of 1983.
An Armenian khachkar of the 10th century from the yard of Vachagan Barepasht Church.
In the 1980s, the Azeri "restorers" erased the cross and the inscriptions, took it to the Aghdam local museum and put it on display as an ancient Azeri monument.
Shushi. The bell tower of Kazanchetsots Cathedral in the 1980s.
Shushi.
The bell tower of Kazanchetsots Cathedral as it appeared on May 9, 1992, on the day of liberation of Shushi
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