Chaykend is a village in the Gazakh uezd of the former Yelizavetpol (Ganja) governorate, later in the former Chambarak (Krasnoselsk) district, and currently in the Gegharkunik province. The provincial centre lies 97 km to the north of the town of Kavar (Gavar), on the bank of the Tarsa River, on the highway of Krasnoselsk- Dilijan-Ijevan, and at a height of 1,240 m above sea level. It was marked on the five-verst map of the Caucasus.The foundations of the village were laid in 1778.

The village was solely inhabited by Azerbaijanis – 754 in 1897, 660 in 1904, 677 in 1914, 772 in 1916 and 847 Azerbaijanis in 1919. In spring of 1919 the Azerbaijani inhabitants of the village were driven out by Armenian armed units. The surviving Chaykend inhabitants managed to return to their village only after the establishment of Soviet power in the present- day Armenian territory. The village was inhabited by 569 Azerbaijanis in 1922, 616 in 1926, 662 in 1931 ,893 in 1939, 809 in 1959, 1,140 in 1970, 1,112 in 1979 and 1,110 Azerbaijanis in 1987. In November-December 1988 the residents of the village were deported from their historical territories by the state of Armenia. At present, Armenians live there.

Being founded by the river, the village was called “Chaykend”.

The village was renamed “Dprabak” by the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR dated 3 April 1991. According to the law “On the administrative-territorial division of the Republic of Armenia” dated 7 November 1995, it was integrated into the administrative area of the Gegharkunik province.

Geographic coordinates: latitude: 40°41’ N., longitude: 45°07′ E.