Gosh is a village in the Echmiadzin uezd of the former Iravan governorate, later in the former Ashtarak district, in the present Ararat province. The provincial centre lies 18 km to the southeast of the town of Gamarli (Artashat). It is marked in “The Iravan Province Review Book” dated 1590 and on the five-verst map of the Caucasus.

Until 1828 the village had been solely inhabited by Azerbaijanis. The Armenians deported from Türkiye in 1858–1870 were settled in the village. Along with the Armenians, the village was inhabited by 62 Azerbaijanis in 1831, 211 in 1873, 566 in 1886, 323 in 1897 and 427 Azerbaijanis in 1908. In 1918 the Azerbaijanis were attacked by Armenian armed forces and left the village. Following the establishment of Soviet power in the territory of present-day Armenia, the surviving Azerbaijanis managed to return to their native lands. The village was inhabited by ten Azerbaijanis in 1922 and nine Azerbaijanis in 1926. Currently, the village is inhabited by Armenians only.

The toponym was coined on the basis of the word “gosh” used in Old Turkic to mean “a camp, tent, temporary residence of shepherds”.

Currently, the name of the settlement is written as “Kosh” in official documents in Armenian. 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 Ararat province.

Geographical coordinates: latitude: 40°18’ N., longitude: 44°09’ E.