Stone inscriptions in the village of Qizilvang

In the village of Gizilvang, Basarkechar district, Goycha district

The village of Qizilvang was renamed Chichekli on July 24, 1940, and Makenis on July 25, 1978.

Decorative and applied arts

The inscription in the village cemetery remained on the site until the deportations that took place in 1987–1991. In later periods, some were destroyed by Armenians, while the rest were appropriated by adding Armenian elements.

Although the inscriptions in the village's ancient cemetery are said to date back to the beginning of our era, the household and decorative items found during archaeological excavations conducted in the village area in 1950–1953 and exhibited as exhibits in the Yerevan Museum of History dating back to the middle of the second millennium BC are material evidence confirming the at least 3,500-year history of the construction of Gizilvang by the Oghuz Turks.
In correspondence dating back to 1555, Gizilvang is presented as one of the administrative units of the Chukhur-Sa'ad Beylerbeyli of the Safavid-Azerbaijani state.
During the wars that took place between 1826 and 1829, the village was razed to the ground by Armenian-Russian military units. This fact is also reflected in historical documents, and the name of the village of Gizilvang is listed in 39th place in the list compiled by I. Chopin of 67 out of 108 villages that were completely destroyed and devastated in Goycha.

It is no secret to those familiar with the work of Ag Ashiq that Qizilvang is a Turkic people living in Sufi traditions and who rendered exceptional services in the development of the Goycha whirling dervish order. It is also a fact that until the creation of the Armenian province at the request of Russia in the early 19th century, Qizilvang was a purely Turkish village due to the ethnic composition of its population.