Britannica Online on Djulfa Cemetery
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online has added my recent article on the destruction of Djulfa cemetery, published in History Today, in its “Related Articles” page on Azerbaijan available at http://www.britannica.com/eb/topic-46770/ and fully accessible to subscribers only. The short summary of my article at Britannica is as follows:
Sacred Stones Silenced in Azerbaijan.
By: Maghakyan, Simon. History Today, Nov2007, Vol. 57 Issue 11, p4-5
The article discusses the destruction of Armenian monuments in Nakhichevan, Azerbajian. Cemeteries of memorial stones, known as khachkars, were allegedly destroyed by Azerbaijani troops as a reaction to war between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Nagorno Karabakh region. Azeri officials have denied destroying the stones and denied Armenians ever lived in the region. Reading Level (Lexile): 1700;
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Joseph on 30 Nov 2007 at 6:25 am #
Good job Simon