St. Hovhannes Church (Tumbul)

The church was founded in the 16th or 17th century and was renovated in the 19th century.^[2][3] In 1868, a bilingual Armenian and Russian school was opened in the church.^[1] The church had already been a target of destruction in the late Soviet period; the western, northern, and southern walls of the church were completely razed to the ground, but the two-storied bell tower was still standing.^[2][3] By March 12, 2005, whatever was remaining from the church had been razed and the vacant plot walled off for reuse as a garden.^[1]