[2] During the years of the Russian Empire, the village of Soltanly was part of Jabrayil district, Elizavetpol province.

[6][7][8] According to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, due to the presence of powerful fortifications on the territory of the village, fierce battles for Soltanly lasted for several days.

[11][12] The groundbreaking ceremony was attended by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary Péter Szijjártó, Azerbaijan’s Minister of Labor and Social Protection of Population Sahil Babayev, Chairman of the State Committee for Urban Planning and Architecture Anar Guliyev, Special Representative of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Jabrayil, Gubadli and Zangilan districts, which are included in Eastern Zangezur economic region Vahid Hajiyev.

[13][14] According to the “Code of statistical data of the Transcaucasian region population, extracted from the family lists of 1886”, in the village of Soltanly, Soltanly rural district, Jabrayil district, there were 75 dym where lived 416 Azerbaijanis who were Shiites by religion, 13 of them were representatives of the clergy, the rest were peasants.

The village population was engaged in livestock farming, wheat cultivation, cotton growing, viticulture and sericulture.