In one account the village takes its name from the Armenian word "Kisapat" (Armenian: Կիսապատ) meaning "half wall" or "semi-walled", which has its origin in a story of a devout bricklayer building a church in the village, but after finding out that its inhabitants intended to pay him for his work, he left, leaving the church half-built.

Atabek won the favor of a Persian sovereign, and was permitted to return and settle in his homeland at a place of his choosing in the territories between the rivers of Tartar and Khachen.

With continuous attacks by Lezgins and Tatars and after two military campaigns headed by Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar being conducted in the area, Kusapat and surrounding villages were left deserted by the late 18th century.

Later, Melik-Vani Atabekyan also founded or restored six other settlements in the area: Mets Shen, Mokhratagh, Maghavuz, Varnkatagh, Vardadzor, and Chankatagh.

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the church of Surb Astvatsatsin (Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին, lit.