Goshabulag

Goshabulag was a village in the territory of the Echmiadzin uezd of the former Iravan governorate, later in the former Ashtarak district, and present-day Aragatsotn province. The village was marked on the five-verst map of the Caucasus.

The village was solely inhabited by Azerbaijanis: 101 in 1873, 152 in 1886, 173 in 1897, 211 in 1908, 214 in 1914 and 211 Azerbaijanis in 1916. The Azerbaijanis were attacked, massacred or expelled from the village by Armenian armed units in 1918. Later, the village was abolished. At present, it lies in ruins.

The toponym was coined by combining the words “gosha” meaning “a pair, next to, two” and “bulag”.