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Christopher Khachadour #ArtsakhIsArmenian Profile picture
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Jul 18, 2021 • 7 tweets • 6 min read • Read on X
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Not only has the #Azerbaijani regime desecrated the Ghazanchetsots Cathedral they’ve also destroyed apartment buildings around it… making it impossible for #Armenians to return. The building in red is the one I lived in back in October 2019 with my host family… #StopAliyev
A video of #Azerbaijanis destroying this ethnically cleansed #Armeniam neighborhood.
Another video of #Azerbaijanis destroying this ethnically cleansed #Armenian neighborhood in #Shushi.
A video my friend took in December 2019 of this street in #Shushi passing by Ghazanchetsots and these apartment buildings… at 0:20 you can see the building I lived in with my local host family…
We really appreciate your silence @mfa_russia @StateDept @francediplo_EN @UN @Refugees @OSCE thanks for proving you don’t give a fuck.
Forgot to include this video where #Azerbaijani soldiers in uniform are seen in this same neighborhood of #Shushi completely destroying the cars left behind by ethnically cleansed Armenians who fled for their lives… another attempt to hinder the return of displaced Armenians.
Here’s a better quality image of the original one I had posted above…

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Christopher Khachadour #ArtsakhIsArmenian Profile picture
Jun 27, 2023
I don’t understand how any leader or elected official can utter the words “Nagorno-Karabakh is Azerbaijan” - the people of NK voted for independence and are clearly under the threat of extermination. These are clear grounds to exercises the right to self determination.

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I’ve said this before, Artsakh has a millennia long history of statehood, with local Armenian princes ruling over the region from 821 to 1822. From 1921-1991 the local Armenians once again had some limited self-rule and since 1991 they have been completely independent.
So why do Kosovo, East Timor, and South Sudan have the right to international recognition, but not Artsakh? Let’s take a look at their respective histories.
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Christopher Khachadour #ArtsakhIsArmenian Profile picture
Dec 10, 2022
Karin was located in the Bardzr Hayk (Upper Armenia) Province of the Kingdom of Armenia. Karin was also the capital of the district bearing the same name. It’s current name is Erzurum, it’s the capital of the Erzurum Province of Turkey.
Following the 1828-1829 Russian-Turkish War some 20,000 Armenians fled from the city and resettled in the Russian Caucasus. More fled in 1853-1856 Crimean War. And a further 2,000 Armenian families fled following the 1877-1878 Russian-Turkish War.
In 1895 some 2,000 Armenians were slaughtered in the city. This was part of the Hamidian Massacres (1894-1896) that left some 300,000 Armenians dead, 50,000 orphaned, 150,000 forcibly converted to Islam and some 550,000 destitute. In addition some 100,000 fled Ottoman Turkey.
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Christopher Khachadour #ArtsakhIsArmenian Profile picture
Dec 9, 2022
The Monastery of the Holy Translators (Սուրբ Թարգմանչաց Վանք) was built in the 4th century. It’s located in Khachakap, Karhat Districr (modern-day Quşçu, Daşkəsən District, Azerbaijan. The village was populated by Armenians until 1988 when they were expelled by Azerbaijani forces
It was here in 411 that Saint Mesrop Mashtots (362-440; creator of the Armenian alphabet) and Saint Sahak Partev (348-439; Catholicos of the Armenian Church in 387-439) translated the Bible into Armenian, the translation was referred to as the “Queen of Translations.”
Khachakap had a peak population of 1,829 people, all Armenians. During WWII 397 locals went to fight the Nazis, 197 died fighting.

Following the Kirovabad Pogrom in 1988 the Armenians were expelled and fled to Armenia.

A birth certificate from Khachakap issued in 1926:
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Christopher Khachadour #ArtsakhIsArmenian Profile picture
Dec 8, 2022
Azerbaijani troops stationed on the Armenia-Azerbaijan border decided to once again awake Armenian villagers from their sleep by projecting the Islamic call to prayer over loud speakers. They have been doing this across towns and villages in Artsakh and Armenia.
We know it’s targeted because Kutakan (pop. 288) is just 3 miles from the Armenia-Azerbaijan border. The nearest Azerbaijani village is 12 miles away. So these soldiers are simply using the Call to Prayer to antagonize Christian Armenians - not to actually call Muslims to prayer. Image
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Christopher Khachadour #ArtsakhIsArmenian Profile picture
Jul 20, 2021
Where’s the lie…?
A lot of Azerbaijanis I speak to get offended by the whole 1918 thing, however it’s more true than false. While the people who were labeled as ethnic “Azerbaijanis” in the 1930s didn’t just appear out of thin air, the idea of an ethnic heritage kinda did…
Today’s Azerbaijanis are a mix of people’s. Those from the Republic of Azerbaijan (historically Albania/Shirvan, Arran/Artsakh&Utik, and Mughan/Paytakaran/Caspiane) are somewhat distinct from those living in Iranian Azerbaijan (historic Media Atropatene/Adharbadagan/Atrpatakan).
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Christopher Khachadour #ArtsakhIsArmenian Profile picture
Jul 19, 2021
Why Fariz is wrong part 1: please take your time to study these photos (1-3) of the Ghazanchetsots Church before the 1920 Massacre of Armenians in #Shushi. The last picture shows the deteriorated condition of the church during the Soviet era when the city was left in ruins.
Why Fariz is wrong part 2: the number of Azerbaijanis displaced from Nagorno Karabakh (~40,000) and the 7 districts (~400,000) is about 440,000. And if you add the ~160,000 Azerbaijanis displaced from Armenia and that total is about ~600,000. 1/3 less than his number…
And can’t forget his hypocrisy. While he raises the issue of displaced Azerbaijanis (with exaggerated numbers), he plays the victim card and forgets that nearly 500,000 Armenians were displaced in the first war (1988-1994) along with another ~100,000 during the second war (2020).
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