Inscriptions in the village of Zeynalagali

In Yeni Beyazid district of Yerevan province, later in Zeynalagali village of Sevan region

The village of Zeynalagali was named Aleksandrovka in 1850, and from April 26, 1946, it was renamed Chkalovka.

Decorative and applied arts

The manuscripts in the village of Zeynalagali, which are documents confirming the existence of Azerbaijanis since ancient times, were completely destroyed by Armenians after the last mass deportation of Azerbaijanis in 1987-1991.

The ancient stone inscriptions are located in a fortress on the territory of the village of Zeynalagali, located on the western shore of Lake Goycha, 5 km southeast of the present-day city of Sevan. The stone inscriptions found in the fortress, which is protected as a historical and cultural monument, and scientifically confirmed to date back to the early first millennium AD, are material evidence of at least 2,000 years of Oghuz Turkic settlement in these places.
In Armenian sources, the name Zeynalagali is first mentioned in documents from the early 19th century, in a list compiled by I. Chopin of villages considered suitable for living in the Goycha basin, which were given to the administration of the newly created Armenian province. According to documents from 1831, when Zeynalagali was incorporated into the Armenian province, its population was 423 people, consisting solely of Azerbaijanis. In 1831–1873, attempts were made to destroy the village of Zeynalagali and expel Azerbaijanis from it. In the 1840s, Russians settled in the village, and in 1918, Armenians. Azerbaijanis were expelled from the village at the beginning of the 20th century (in 1905–1906).

The toponym Zeynalaga is formed by adding the suffix "-lı" to the personal name, meaning "place, village belonging to Zeynalaga." It is an anthropotoponym. It is a structural modification of the toponym.