Kammala wannan jumla: An gina tsakanin 1868 da 1887, an tsarkake babban cocin a 1888. An lalace a lokacin da
Maris 1920 kisan gilla na Armeniya na birni - da lalata rabin birnin su - ta Azerbaijan da kuma fuskantar shekarun da suka gabata na koma baya cikin zamanin Soviet. A lokacin yakin farko na Nagorno-Karabakh Azerbaijan ta yi amfani da babban cocin a matsayin makamai don adana daruruwan makamai masu linzami. A lokacin yakin 2020, an lalata shi ta hanyar hare-haren Azerbaijan, wanda aka sanya shi a matsayin "yiwuwar aikata laifukan yaki" ta Human Rights Watch.