A horse statue on a grave in the Babakishi village cemetery

In the village of Babakishi in the Ashagi Akhta district of the Derechichek district

The Ashagi Akhta district was renamed Hrazdan on 30.06.1959, and the village of Babakishi was renamed Aghavnadzor on 15.07.1948.

Architecture

The horse statue, which still remains in the cemetery, is presented as an "Armenian monument."

The horse statue in Babakishi village is located in the village cemetery. The cemetery where the horse statue is located is located in the north-northeast part of Babakishi village, on the edge of the forest. There is a tombstone with a horse figure, a sign from an ancient Turkish cemetery.
The tombstone ram statue, which was in the ancient Muslim cemetery and proves that tribes of Turkic origin lived in the area, still remains together with the horse statue there.
Babakishi village is located 10 km northwest of the district center, near the Miskhana River. Armenians were resettled here from the Alashkert province of Turkey in 1829.
In 1878, the population, consisting of Azerbaijani Turks, was displaced. In 1897, 11 Azerbaijanis lived in the village. According to information from 1886, the population of the village consisted of Armenians. In 1905–1906, Azerbaijanis were expelled from the village, and Armenians were settled in the entire village. In 1926, along with Armenians, 3 Azerbaijanis lived. In 1930, 3 Azerbaijanis who were in the village were also expelled. Now only Armenians live in the village.

The toponym Babakishi was formed based on the personal name. It is an anthropotoponym. It is a simple toponym in structure.