St. Hovhannes Church (Tumbul)

St. Hovhannes Church was an Armenian church located in village of Tumbul of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan.[1] The church was located in the center of the village.[1][2]

St. Hovhannes Church of Tambat
Սուրբ Հովհաննես եկեղեցի
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LocationTumbul
CountryAzerbaijan
DenominationArmenian Apostolic Church
History
StatusDestroyed
Founded16th or 17th century
Architecture
Demolished1997–2005

History

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The church was founded in the 16th or 17th century and was renovated in the 19th century.[2][3] In 1868, a bilingual Armenian and Russian school was opened in the church.[1] The church had already been a target of destruction in the late Soviet period; the western, northern, and southern walls of the church were completely razed to the ground, but the two-storied bell tower was still standing.[2][3] By March 12, 2005, whatever was remaining from the church had been razed and the vacant plot walled off for reuse as a garden.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Khatchadourian, Lori; Smith, Adam T.; Ghulyan, Husik; Lindsay, Ian (2022). Silent Erasure: A Satellite Investigation of the Destruction of Armenian Heritage in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. Cornell Institute of Archaeology and Material Studies: Ithaca, NY. pp. 358–359. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Ayvazyan, Argam. Nakhijevani ISSH haykakan hushardzannery. Hamahavak tsutsak. Yerevan: Hayastan, 1986, pp. 121–122.
  3. ^ a b Ayvazian, Argam. The Historical Monuments of Nakhichevan. Transl. Krikor H. Maksoudian. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1990, p. 101.