{"id":2627,"date":"2026-09-21T22:48:38","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T22:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.caucasusheritage.arts.cornell.edu\/?post_type=heritage_site&p=2627"},"modified":"2026-09-22T13:53:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T13:53:13","slug":"kohak","status":"publish","type":"heritage_site","link":"https:\/\/caucasusheritage.cornell.edu\/?heritage_site=kohak","title":{"rendered":"Kohak"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kohak<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n
Destroyed<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n
Other<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n
\"Kohak\"<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n
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Before Image Date: September 18, 2020<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Impact Image Date: April 28, 2024<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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This sacred place appears to have been initially impacted by shelling during the Fall 2020 war. An April 14, 2021 image shows the central area has collapsed and stone ejecta litters the area to the northwest suggesting a strike from the southeast. Most of the site was destroyed by October 2023 and by April 28, 2024, earthmoving and construction appear to have destroyed the last remnants of the sacred place.<\/p>\n

Described on the monument list of the former NKR as a “sacred place”, this site, located on the top of a hill, consisted of the ruins of a church, amidst which were three khachkars and one khachkar pedestal. One of the khachkars dated to the 9th century, while the other three dated to the 13th century. The church — a single nave basilica with a semi-circular apse — was already in such a ruinous state when officials of the former NKR documented it that it was difficult to determine the full site plan.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Coordinates: 39.758829, 47.086469<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n

Impact year: 2024<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n

Mission 10<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n
CHW Monitoring <\/span>Report 07<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n
Site date: 9th-13th c.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n
More Information \u2192<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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