The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.

[4] During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Askeran District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.

After the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the village was administrated as part of the Askeran Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh.

The village was captured by Azerbaijan on 7 November 2020, during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.

[5] Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the monastery of Ghevondyats Anapat (Armenian: Ղևոնդյաց անապատ, also known as the monastery of Ghondik, Ղոնդիկ) from between the 5th and 19th centuries, a 12th/13th-century khachkar, a 17th-century spring monument, a 17th/18th-century bridge, a 19th-century cemetery, a 19th-century watermill, and the 19th-century church of Surb Astvatsatsin (Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին, lit.