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310 BERBERIAN AND TCHALENKOa monastery, collapsed (Fig. 35). A group of villages located further up in the mountains,comprising Guzik, Ashnak (Fig. 36), Hablaran (Fig. 37), Khorkhora, SenjiAlibolagh, was also destroyed.The limits of destruction of this western sector can be approximately traced eastof the Turkey-Iran border. The most distant village to be destroyed was Borunshqalanwhere the casualties were exceptionally heavy because the foreshock had not been felt.Indirect information from Hanik in Turkey would suggest that the village had beenpartly damaged. Further south in Iran, Aqbarzeh and Ghezel Kandi were only abouthalf-destroyed. The villages in the extreme southwest are practically inaccessible dueFig. 31. S. Asdvadzadzin (Vardan).The church in sun-dried brick located at this site was alreadybad repair before the earthquake.