Armenia Posted July 24, 2007 Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 Այս նկարներն մեկ անգամ ևս թող առիթ հանդիսանա յուրաքանչյուրին,զգալ տարբերությունը ստեղծագործող հայի և քանդող ադրբեջանցու միջև: One of the Thousands of Armenian monuments, turkish mad vandalism eradicated in Nakhitchevan... and no one dare's to notice, no UNESCO, no OSCE... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Armenia Posted July 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 One of the many churches of Akoulis, in the Koghten district of Nakhitchevan, before 1987. Now, along with thousands of other Armenian Churches, it is levelled to the ground, by the state policy of a Barbarian nation called Azerbaijan! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Armenia Posted July 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 Jugha, Occupied Nakhitchevan. Before de Sovietisation, when still Indegenous Nakhitchevanian population lived in the vicinity... Nevertheless, USSR politburo member Heidar Aliev had launched 'mini' anhilation campaigns ... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Armenia Posted July 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 The situation during USSR, while Jugha had still Armenian population... Still, under KGB General and USSR Politburo member Heydar Aliev's order, thousands of Khatchkar were 'vanishing' ... silently.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Armenia Posted July 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 Old jugha before anhilation, while destruction was well advanced.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Armenia Posted July 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 Jugha, Occupied Nakhitchevan: After first large scale vandalisms, in 1998. A closer look to vandalism, before final destruction in 2006.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Armenia Posted July 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 Jugha cemetry, before total anhilation. Here photographed after first large scale destructions in post soviet era, in 1998. At this date, no more than 4000 on the original 12 000 Khatchkars were left.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Armenia Posted July 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 1990: The Church of St.Karabet in Abrakounis, Occupied Nakhitchevan, before its levelling by Barbarians in 2004. Behind we can identify 'Otzassar' (Mont of the Snakes), symbol of Nakhitchevan, dominated by a medieval Armenian Fortress. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Armenia Posted July 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 The Church of St. Karabed, in the village of Abrakounis, Occupied Nakhitchevan, before its levelling. This photo dates 1990, compare it 2005! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Armenia Posted July 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 Before Turks passed by... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Armenia Posted July 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 One of the rare rescued Khatchkars of Old Jugha, in Nakhitchevan, dating 1602. It was taken to Holy Etchmiazin, as an example of Jugha, back during USSR, by Catholicos Vazken I, despite the ban imposed by Heidar Aliev, the KGB chief ... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Armenia Posted July 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 The second Khatchkar, dating 1576 rescued by Vazken I, during USSR, and placed in Etchmiazin. 12 000 marvels like this were destroyed, while not a single protest came from the one's caring about the Budas of Bamian just 5 years before... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Armenia Posted July 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 This is the exact site of the St Karabet church, Abrakounis village, in Yernchag district of Nakhitchevan. Still intact in 1987, photographed by A.Ayvazian. This photo taken by S.Sim in August 2005 shows recent levelling by Azerbaijani Barbarians! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Armenia Posted July 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 The Jugha cemetry as it was in 1988. Behind it is the river Arax, marking the border with Iran Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Armenia Posted July 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 Just one of the 12 000 destroyed, dating 1588... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Armenia Posted July 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 1988, Old Jugha, Nakhitchevan. At this point, thousands of Katchkar were already destroyed by Heidar Aliev, the Communist Chief of Azerbaijan, used for the construction of the rail line... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Armenia Posted July 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 The Khatchkars of Jugha, as they were in 1970. Photo by A Ayvazyan. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Armenia Posted July 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 Village of Gyaz. Armenian Church Plundered and Desecrated by Tartars. Photo by Grigoriantz. 1906 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Armenia Posted July 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 Nurashen. Armenian Church Sacked and Desecrated by the Tartars. Photo by a Nakhitchevan Photographer. 1906 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Armenia Posted July 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 A General View of the village of Djagry, in the province of Nakhitchevan, after the massacres of 1906. Before that date, Armenians wmade a 60% majority in Nakhitchevan.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Armenia Posted July 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 Djagry. Tartars mob, in the ruins of Armenian houses, after the massacres and the plunder. 1906. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Armenia Posted July 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 Djagry. House of a Rich Armenian Burnt by Tartars. Photo by J. Gordon Browne. 1906 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Armenia Posted July 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 Armenian Village Priest’s House. Nazarabad.. Photo by J. Gordon Browne. 1906. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Armenia Posted July 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 Group of Armenian Villagers in the village of Nazarabad. Priest in the Foreground. Photo by J. Gordon Browne. 1906. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Armenia Posted July 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 Nakhitchevan. 1906. Soldiers in the Bazar. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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