 In 1961, the village was renamed "Abovyan" in honour of the Armenian prominent writer Khachatur Abovian.In 1963, the urban settlement of Abovyan was officially founded.During the excavations of 1960 led by historian Mesrop Smbatiants, the remains of a 2nd-mellennium BC Cyclopean fortress, an ancient cemetery and old shelters with several objects that represent the 3 stages of the Bronze Age were found in the area of Abovyan.