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KHACHATRIAN: Uncovering Azerbaijan’s Covert Campaign Of Cultural Cleansing Against Armenia

Harry Khachatrian
KHACHATRIAN: Uncovering Azerbaijan’s Covert Campaign Of Cultural Cleansing Against Armenia
Photo courtesy of Steven Sim

An in-depth report published earlier this year at Hyperallergic reveals a harrowing assault on Armenian relics carried out by Azerbaijan’s government from 1997 to 2006. The report tracks Azerbaijan’s destruction of 89 medieval churches, 5,840 intricate cross-stones, and 22,000 tombstones. This column will present and explain those findings.

MONUMENTAL CRIMES

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