ArmInfo. Azerbaijan destroyed a monument to the victims of the Great Patriotic War in the village of Shosh in occupied Artsakh and a monument to Argam Harutyunyan (Shoshi Ago), a participant in the First Artsakh War. Artsakh Monuments reported this on its Facebook page.
According to a documentary analysis of satellite imagery, between April 19, 2024 and July 12, 2025, in the village of Shosh, the monument to those killed in the Great Patriotic War and the memorial to Argam Harutyunyan (Ago of Shosh), holder of the NKR Order of the Combat Cross 1st Degree and participant in the First Karabakh War, were deliberately destroyed by the Azerbaijani regime.
It should be noted that after the occupation of Artsakh, Azerbaijan completely destroyed or significantly damaged the following cultural and religious sites. The Kanach Zham (Surb Hovhannes Mkrtich) Church in Shushi was completely destroyed in April 2024. The Ghazanchetsots Cemetery in Shushi was completely destroyed. The village of Karintak was completely bulldozed. Monuments and busts in Stepanakert, including those to Charles Aznavour, Hovhannes Aivazovsky, Hovhannes Tumanyan, and Marshal Baghramyan, were dismantled. The Marshal Khudyakov Museum in the village of Mets Tager was also destroyed. Azerbaijan is pursuing a deliberate policy of not only destroying Artsakh's cultural heritage but also altering the architectural appearance of the occupied territories, thereby attempting to erase both the cultural memory of the Artsakh people and their desire to return to their lands.
Currently, approximately 4,000 Armenian cultural sites remain under Azerbaijani control, including more than 370 churches and 119 ancient fortresses.
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