Golkend is a village in the Gazakh uezd of the former Yelizavetpol (Ganja) governorate, later in the Chambarak (Krasnoselsk) district, and currently in the Gegharkunik province. The provincial centre is located 93 km to the northeast of the Kavar (Gavar) town, on the right bank of the Tarsa River, at a height of 1,420 m above sea level. It was marked in “The Iravan Province Review Book”, on the five-verst map of the Caucasus. There are seven ponds (lakelets) to the north of the village. Therefore, the village was named Golkend (the lake village). In their works of Armenian authors Garagoyunlu is also mentioned as another name for the village.

The village was inhabited by 357 Azerbaijanis in 1831, 1,567 in 1873, 2,157 in 1886, 1,555 in 1908, 1,866 in 1914, 1,486 in 1916 and 1,376 Azerbaijanis in 1919. In the spring of 1919, the Azerbaijanis were ousted by Armenian armed forces. Following the establishment of Soviet power in the territory of present-day Armenia, the villagers managed to return to their historical homeland. The village was inhabited by 1,015 Azerbaijanis in 1922, 1,055 in 1926, 1,279 in 1931, 1,123 in 1959, 1,880 in 1970, 2,022 in 1979 and 2,700 Azerbaijanis in 1987. In November-December 1988, the residents of the village were completely expelled from their historical and ethnic lands by the Armenian government. At present, Armenians live there.

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

Geographical coordinates: latitude: 40°41’ N., longitude: 45°10’ E.