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Russian Church

Azerbaijan / Northern Artsakh / Gandzak / Gandzak

Location

Gandzak’s Russian church, that was located inside the local castle.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 61.

Description
1804 y․

It was built after the Russian conquest of the city in 1804: “The stronghold has a Russian church with a small garden. Outwardly, it resembles a sunken dwelling, for it slightly goes down into the earth, but inwardly it is neat and attractive...”

Semyonov, I. Yelizavetpol. In: “Kavkaz,” 1869, No. 131, 7 (19) November, p. 2 (the original reads, “В крепости есть небольшая русская церковь съ маленькимъ садикомъ; снаружи она походитъ на землянку, потому что углубляется немного въ землю; но внутри отличается чистотой и привлекательнымъ видомъ...).
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, pp. 61-62.