Vazashen () is a village in the Ijevan Municipality of the Tavush Province of Armenia.
Toponymy The village was previously known as Lala Gegh (), then Lali Gyugh (). The name of Vazashen was chosen to reflect the local vineyard productionhttp://www.lragir.am/engsrc/print.country18386 (վազ/vaz 'grapevine' and շեն/shen 'village').
History Near Vazashen is the historical site of Khaghkhagh (), the winter residence of the kings of Ancient Armenia, where Saint Vardan won his first military victory.Robert H. Hewsen. Armenia: A Historical Atlas. — University of Chicago Press, 2001. — 341 p. — ,
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