 In 1961, Kalinino was granted the statues of an urban-type settlement to become the centre of "Kalinino raion".In 1983, it was granted with the status of a town.With the independence of Armenia in 1991, the town was renamed Tashir after the historic Tashir canton of Gugark, and was eventually included within the Lori Province formed as per the 1995 administrative reforms of independent Armenia.