Khanjighaz is a village in the Alexandropol uezd of the former Iravan governorate, later in the former Boyuk Garakilsa (Gugark) district, and currently in the Lori province. The provincial centre is located 4 km to the northwest of the town of Vanadzor (Boyuk Garakilsa), at the foot of Bozabdal Mountain, on the left bank of the Pambak River, at a height of 1,675 m above sea level. Armenian authors referred to the village as “Khanjughaz” in their works, whereas it was marked as “Khanjugaz” on the five-verst map of the Caucasus. The village belonged to Ibrahim khan. Therefore, it was also called “Ibrahimli”.

The village was solely inhabited by Azerbaijanis: 33 in 1831, 295 in 1873, 345 in 1886, 393 in 1897, 523 in 1908, 650 in 1914, 576 in 1916 and 582 Azerbaijanis in 1919. In the spring of 1919, the Azerbaijanis were attacked deported by Armenian armed forces. Following the establishment of Soviet power in present-day Armenia, the villagers managed to return to their ancestral lands in late 1921. The village was inhabited by 712 Azerbaijanis in 1922, 697 in 1926, 880 in 1931, 822 in 1939, 624 in 1959, 1,041 in 1970, 1,091 in 1979 and 1,220 Azerbaijanis in 1987. In late November 1988, the Armenian government deported the villagers through massacres and settled Armenians in the village. At present, only Armenians live there.

The toponym was coined by adding the diminutive suffix “-jigaz” to the word “khan” meaning “rich”, “a lord”, “agha”, and implies “a village belonging to a younger khan”.

The village was renamed “Gozaldere” by decision of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR dated 1 June 1940, and then “Aznavadzor” by decision dated 3 April 1991. 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 Lori province.

Geographical coordinates: latitude: 40°52’ N., longitude: 44°25’ E.