Castle, StephenAzerbaijan 'flattened' sacred Armenian site(англ.) // The Independent : газета. — 2006. — № 16 апреля. — ISSN0951-9467."According to the International Council on Monuments and Sites (Icomos), the Azerbaijan government removed 800 khachkars in 1998. Though the destruction was halted following protests from Unesco, it resumed four years later. By January 2003 "the 1,500-year-old cemetery had completely been flattened, « Icomos says.»
The Times (London). April 21, 2006, Friday. «Historic graveyard is victim of warАрхівавана 8 лютага 2007..» «Where once stood between 2,700 and 10,000 intricately carved headstones — khachkars -dating from the 9th to the 16th centuries, there was only a dry patch of earth, said the institute (www.iwpr.net). It was the first independent confirmation of what Armenia has long alleged -that Azerbaijani authorities have razed the cemetery since the two former Soviet republics began a bloody border war in 1988.»
The Times (London). April 21, 2006, Friday. «Historic graveyard is victim of warАрхівавана 8 лютага 2007..» «Where once stood between 2,700 and 10,000 intricately carved headstones — khachkars -dating from the 9th to the 16th centuries, there was only a dry patch of earth, said the institute (www.iwpr.net). It was the first independent confirmation of what Armenia has long alleged -that Azerbaijani authorities have razed the cemetery since the two former Soviet republics began a bloody border war in 1988.»
Weekend Australian. Medieval cemetery destroyed in border conflict. April 22, 2006 Saturday. «It was the first independent confirmation of what Armenia has long alleged — that Azeri authorities have razed the cemetery since the two ex-Soviet republics began a bloody border war in 1988.»
The Asheville Citizen-Times (North Carolina). April 25, 2006 Tuesday Final Edition. Lessons of the Armenian slaughter must be remembered. «For example: the government of Azerbaijan continues to eradicate the historical treasures of Armenians who for centuries lived in Nakhichevan province. Azeri soldiers and state workers have demolished 10,000 17th century medieval gravesites and their artistically decorated stone crosses, called Khachkars, in the village of Djulfa»
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Castle, StephenAzerbaijan 'flattened' sacred Armenian site(англ.) // The Independent : газета. — 2006. — № 16 апреля. — ISSN0951-9467."According to the International Council on Monuments and Sites (Icomos), the Azerbaijan government removed 800 khachkars in 1998. Though the destruction was halted following protests from Unesco, it resumed four years later. By January 2003 "the 1,500-year-old cemetery had completely been flattened, « Icomos says.»
