[2] A small Kurdish-populated village called Kılıttaşı now partially lies on the Turkish side of the closed border.

[3] According to the Armenian historian Movses Khorenatsi, Bagaran was founded during the third century BC by king Orontes IV of Armenia.

[4] It quickly became the religious centre of Armenia, replacing Armavir as the main spiritual site of the Orontid pagan temples.

During the second half of the sixth century, Bagaran, along with the entire canton of Arsharunik, became the property of the Kamsarakan princes.

In 1920, as a result of the Armenian genocide, the territories of Republic of Armenia located west of the Akhurian River were captured by Turkey.