Gulali is a village in the Novo-Bayazid uezd of the former Iravan governorate, later in the former Kavar (Yeni Bayazid, Kamo) district, in the Gegharkunik province. The provincial centre lies 2 km to the southeast of the town of Kavar, at the foot of Gulali Mountain, at a height of 1,975 m above sea level. It is marked on the five-verst map of the Caucasus.

The village was originally inhabited by Azerbaijanis, and following the settlement of Armenians in the area, the population gradually left the village. The Armenians removed from the Bayazid region of Türkiye in 1828–1830 were settled in the village. In 1897, 27 Azerbaijanis lived there. In 1905–1906, the Azerbaijanis living in the village were completely expelled by Armenian militants. Currently, the village is inhabited only by Armenians.

The toponym was coined by combining the ethnonym “Gul” of the Turkic Kipchak tribe and the personal name “Ali”, and means “a village belonging to Ali from the Gul tribe”.

By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR dated 1 June 1940, the name of the village was changed to “Karmirgyug”. 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°27’ N., longitude: 43°57’ E.