Shidli is a village in the Vedibasar area of the Iravan uezd of the former Iravan governorate, later in the former Vedi (Ararat) district, and currently in the Ararat province. The provincial centre lies 12 km to the southeast of the town of Gamarli (Artashat), on the left bank of the Araz River, at a height of 810 m above sea level. Its name was marked on the five-verst map of the Caucasus.

The village was inhabited by 263 Azerbaijanis in 1831, 806 in 1873, 823 in 1886, 992 in 1897, 855 in 1914 and 842 Azerbaijanis in 1916. In 1919 the Azerbaijanis were massacred or deported by Armenian armed units. The ousted Azerbaijanis took refuge in the territory of Iran for a while. Following the establishment of Soviet power in the territory of present-day Armenia, the villagers returned to their native lands. The village was inhabited by 571 Azerbaijanis in 1922, 470 in 1931, 1,357 in 1972 and 2,000 Azerbaijanis in 1987. In November-December 1988 the Azerbaijanis were completely expelled from the village by the state of Armenia. Currently, only Armenians live there.

The word “Shad” in Old Turkic means “a military rank”. The toponym “Shidli” was coined on the basis of the word “shadli” formed by adding the identifying suffix “-lı” to the word “shad” used by the Khazars to mean “a military rank”. The word was fixed as “Shidli” and became an ethnonym.

By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR dated 3 April 1991, it was renamed “Yeghegnavan”. 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 Ararat province.

Geographic coordinates:latitude 39°49’ N., longitude 44°38’ E