Aligirig was a village in the Iravan uezd of the former Iravan governorate, in the former Gamarli (Artashat) district, and currently in the Ararat province. It was located 10 km to the southwest of the village of Boyuk Gilanlar integrated into the Gamarli district, near the Aligirig spring and at the foot of Pirdaghi Mountain. In early 1930 the village was integrated into the former Vedi (Ararat) district. The name was noted in “The Iravan Province Comprehensive Data Book” dated 1590. In Armenian sources the name was written as “Aligraghi”, “Alikrik”.

The village was solely inhabited by Azerbaijanis: 110 in 1873, 175 in 1886, 251 in 1897, 202 in 1904, 253 in 1914, 355 in 1916, and 202 Azerbaijanis in January of 1918. The Azerbaijanis were attacked, massacred or ousted from the village by Armenian armed units in 1918. After the establishment of Soviet power in present-day Armenia, the Azerbaijanis who survived could return to the village. The village was inhabited by 46 Azerbaijanis in 1922 and 55 in 1926. The Armenians removed from abroad were settled in the village in 1929–1930. The village was inhabited by 46 Azerbaijanis and 79 Armenians in 1931, 90 people in 1959 and 62 people in 1962 (the Azerbaijanis constituted the majority). After 1962 the Azerbaijanis were removed and the village was abolished. At present, it lies in ruins.

The toponym was coined from the ethnonym “girigli” of the Turkic Afshar tribe and means “the village of Ali from the Girigli tribe”. By the decree of the Presidium of Supreme Soviet of Armenian SSR dated 10 September 1948, the village was renamed “Blarashen”.