Shahab is a village in the Iravan uezd of the former Iravan governorate, later in the former Ellar (Kotayk, Abovyan) district, and currently in the Kotayk province. The provincial centre lies 40 km to the southwest of the town of Akhta (Hrazdan), at a height of 1,400 m above sea level. Its name was marked in “The Iravan Province Review Book” and on the five-verst map of the Caucasus.

The village was originally inhabited by Azerbaijanis, but following the settlement of Armenians there, its population gradually left the village.

The toponym was coined on the basis of the “Shahabli” multi-generational family name.

By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR dated 11 April 1940, it was renamed “Mayakovsky”. 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 Kotayk province.

Geographic coordinates: latitude 40°15’ N., longitude 44°38’ E.