The Jeyrakh-Assin historical, architectural and natural museum-reserve is located within the boundaries of the Jeyrakh district of the Republic of Ingushetia on the northern slopes of the foothills of the Central part of the Greater Caucasus Range.
The reserve was established on June 2, 1988. The area of the reserve is slightly more than 627 square kilometers.
The activity of the reserve is aimed at ensuring the preservation, restoration and study of territorial complexes of cultural and natural heritage, material and spiritual values in their traditional historical (cultural and natural) environment.
On the territory of the museum-reserve there are 122 ancient architectural complexes, including more than 2,670 objects of cultural significance, including defensive and residential towers, burial crypts, Christian and pagan sanctuaries and temples. The oldest buildings of the megalithic type belong to the middle of the second millennium BC.
Every year, significant scientific discoveries are made on the territory of the reserve, new objects are identified, archaeological expeditions are constantly working, scientists from all over the world come.
Since 1996, the reserve has been a candidate for inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Significant value in the reserve is given to work on creating conditions for the development of organized tourism, its educational and service component.
The national system of object management and safety "Territory", which is being implemented on the territory of the Dzheyrah-Assinsky Museum-Reserve, has started work at the international Salon "Integrated Security".
Our employee Ziaudin Gurazhev takes part in the forum.
June 2 is the day of formation of the Dzheyrah-Assinsky Museum-Reserve. It was founded on June 2, 1988 on the basis of the Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR of June 2, 1988, it is recognized as an object of historical and cultural heritage of federal significance.
The Museum-Reserve is a research and educational institution. It is created on the basis of complexes of monuments of history, archaeology, culture and nature of the Dzheyrakh, Salginsky, Assinsky and other gorges and passes connected historically, ethnically, landscapely and representing a special scientific, historical and cultural value in combination with the unique natural complexes surrounding them. Monuments of archeology, history, culture, nature, as well as museum items stored in the reserve are part of the museum fund of the Republic of Ingushetia and the Russian Federation.
The main tasks of the museum-reserve: preservation and restoration of architectural ensembles, religious buildings, burials, natural landscapes as a single museum complex, ensuring the protection of the protected area with all the monuments of archeology, history and architecture on it, as well as ensuring reliable protection of cultural and material values from destruction, theft and other criminal encroachments, fires, acts of vandalism, public disorder, etc.
The Museum-Reserve is one of the largest museums in Russia. It covers an area of 64 thousand hectares, it includes about 5000 thousand archaeological and architectural complexes, which are true masterpieces of the multifaceted culture of the Ingush people (from the Bronze Age to the late Middle Ages). Its length from north to south is more than 50 km, from west to east - more than 70 km. In the west: from the border with the Republic of Georgia on the border with the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania to Table Mountain. In the north: along the Myat-Lam ridge to the Assy River; from the Assy River along the Tsorei-Lom ridge to the border with the Shatoi district of the Chechen Republic. In the east: along the border with the Shatoi district of the Chechen Republic to the border with the Republic of Georgia.
South: on the border with the Republic of Georgia. Architectural complexes, religious buildings and other objects on the balance of this museum, on the basis of the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 1487 of November 30, 1992, are classified as especially valuable objects of cultural heritage of the peoples of the Russian Federation. In 1995, by the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 176 of February 20, 1995, the museum was included in the List of objects of historical and cultural heritage of federal (all-Russian) significance.
These days, within the framework of the work plan for supervision of restoration, conservation and emergency work aimed at preserving historical and architectural objects of mountain Ingushetia, acting director A.A. Sampiev made an inspection trip to the architectural complex "Nizhny Puy".
Preparatory measures are underway at the complex, which will be carried out by specialists of the restoration company "Nasledie" LLC.
The Lower Puy tower complex is located in the southern part of the Targim basin. An elegant battle tower with a stepped-pyramidal roof dominates the village, many petroglyphs have been preserved on the residential towers. In the past, this village occupied an important strategic position, guarding the approaches to the basin from the south and east sides. Among the immigrants from the complex were many famous hereditary highly experienced warriors and skilled hunters.
On June 4, Head of the Committee for State Protection of Cultural Heritage Sites Kodzoev T. U. and employees of the Dzheyrakh-Assinsky Museum-Reserve took part in a photo exhibition of the researcher-archivist Bersnako Gazikov.
The exhibition of unique photographs and archival documents – the result of many years of painstaking work of the famous local historian, researcher-archivist Bersnako Gazikov – was deployed at the site of the Nazran City Library, where materials from the funds of the State Archives of the Russian Federation and the State Russian Museum of St. Petersburg were presented. Several hundred photographs, paintings, newspaper clippings, pictures and sketches of ancient Ingush towers and rural settlements, outstanding people involved in the foundation of the Ingush statehood will play an important role in studying the history of the Ingush people, the life and life of our ancestors.
The researcher was happy to talk about each photo, and those present listened to it with genuine interest.
The participants noted that the presentation is a valuable source for all involved, allowing a new look at the history and culture of the Ingush people.
Akhmedkhan Sampiyev in Moscow at the international exhibition-forum "Space of the Future: North Caucasus Macroregion" presented the development of the tourism potential of the Dzhirakh-Assinsky Museum-Reserve at a high professional level.
Head of the Committee for the State Protection of Cultural Heritage Sites Kodzoev T. U. held a meeting with the head of the Kazyyat Charity Foundation, a representative of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Russia Akkaziev R. Ya, in which Rashid Yahyaevich presented a project for the restoration of the Borg-Kash mausoleum - one of the earliest surviving Muslim monuments in the North Caucasus and the oldest in Ingushetia.
According to the project, it is planned to improve the adjacent territory of the monument, build a fence, install arbors for visitors, plant trees, install lighting, round-the-clock video surveillance and other related work.
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Borga-Kash is a monument of history and culture of all-Russian significance and is protected by the state. At different times he was studied by Semyonov L.P., Shcheblykin I.P., Lavrov L.I., etc.
As part of the work plan for visual inspection of the technical condition of cultural heritage sites, specialists of the Dzheyrah-Assinsky Museum-Reserve made an inspection trip to the architectural complex "Garak".
Garak (Garakh) is a large castle-type tower complex on the crest of a steep mountain cliff that breaks from 3 sides, 700 m east of Metskhal, Jairakh district of Ingushetia.
Earlier, on May 7, during the ongoing work on fixing and accounting of all cultural heritage sites of mountain Ingushetia, the specialists of "ASM-Group" together with the employees of the Dzhirakh-Assinsky Museum-Reserve, 1 combat and 3 semi-combat towers, 27 residential towers and 7 crypts, 1 stone spring, as well as 78 steles were identified and recorded in the complex.
During the tour, the staff of the museum-reserve photographed the object, the state of the monuments was examined.
Garak is included in the list of identified objects of cultural heritage of the Republic of Ingushetia and is subject to state protection.
According to the results of the inspection, acts of the technical condition of the OKS will be drawn up and sent to higher organizations.
On July 20, the Head of the Committee for State Protection of Cultural Heritage Sites Kodzoev T.U. and the Acting Director of the Museum-Reserve Sampiev A.A. with the staff of the Jeirakh-Assinsky Museum-Reserve, within the framework of the work plan for a visual inspection of the technical condition of the OKN, made an inspection trip to the Pamet architectural complex (Phamat, Paimat, Phyamat) located on the steep slope of the left bank of the Aramkh River, at the beginning of the Jeirakh Gorge in 0.8 km east N.O.
Previously, this village consisted of 1 battle tower and 5 residential towers with annexes, with which, together with the defensive wall, a rather durable castle complex of the late Middle Ages was formed. Unfortunately, in 1944 the architectural complex was destroyed.
The battle tower in 6 floors, was located in the center of the entire castle, had a square base with hinged machicules - balconies, a stepped - pyramidal roof consisting of 13 slate slabs with a crowning large cone-shaped stone and reached a 28-meter height. According to legend, this tower was built at the beginning of the XVII century. Vakhushti Bagrationi said in the eighteenth century: “There is a large tower surrounded by a wall like a fortress.”
On the northern outskirts of the village formerly stood a large medieval temple "Pamet-Yerdy" (Phamat-Yerdy), destroyed in the middle of the XlX century.
On the hill of the mound there are many crypt burials that require archaeological research.
According to residents of the Dzheyrakh district, when the CIASSSR was here, the famous archaeologist Vinogradov V.B. conducted a study, many of the artifacts found were removed.
Also in preparation for the restoration of the towers found an interesting stone with a petroglyph.
Today, Acting Director of the Jeirakh-Assin Museum - Sampiev Reserve Ahmedkhan Alikhanovich, took part in the ascent to Table Mountain.
The event was organized by the Ministry of Foreign Relations, National Policy, Press and Information of the Republic of Ingushetia.
Within the framework of the work plan-monitoring of the state of cultural heritage objects located in the territory of the Dzheyrakh district of the Republic of Ingushetia, the acting director of the Dzheyrakh-Assin State Historical, Architectural and Natural Museum-Reserve, Ahmedkhan Sampiyev, bypassed the temple-sanctuary "Myat-Sel".
The temple-sanctuary "Mit-Sel" - a rectangular building, is located on the site of Table Mountain at an altitude of about 3000 meters. It's a conventional building. In terms of rectangle; east and west walls of 3.59 m, north and south walls of 6.98 m, height to skate 4.92 m, height of longitudinal walls to the first tiles of 1.77 m. The features of the sanctuary are two doors located in the western east walls; the width of the doors is 0.70 m, the height is 1.80 m. One narrow window above the doors. The longitudinal walls are slightly tilted inward. The roof is gabled, consists of twelve steps. This monument in the past was revered by the local population of the surrounding areas.
On the mountain Myat Loam, in addition to the described, there were two more temples-sanctuaries, built, according to many historians, in the XII-XV centuries. One of the sanctuaries - "Suson-Dyala" ("Protector of noble women") - was located on the northern part, and the other "Myattyr-Dyala" ("Local God") was located on the eastern side of the mountain, to this day both monuments are destroyed. And Myatseli is located on the southern site of the mountain.
During the visual inspection, despite the fact that the monument has been preserved to the full height, its condition can be assessed, most likely, as unsatisfactory: the masonry of the walls is dissected by cracks, the rock base is blurred and weathered, the extension of the masonry stones outwards is traced. Repair and restoration work is required.
On this fact, acts of inspection of the object (with the attachment of photo materials) will be drawn up and sent to the Committee of State Protection of Cultural Heritage Sites of Ingushetia.
The temple-sanctuary "Miat-Sel" is an object of cultural heritage of federal significance, is under the jurisdiction and boundaries of the territory of the Dzheyrah-Assinsk State Historical, Architectural and Natural Museum-Reserve, is subject to state protection.
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On June 25, the Ingush Research Institute of Humanities named after C. E. Akhriev hosted a conference dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the birth of the outstanding Russian ethnographer, researcher and educator Thomas Ivanovich Gorepekin, which was attended by employees of the Dzhirakh-Assinsky Museum-Reserve.
The conference was organized by well-known local historian, researcher-archivist Bersnako Gazikov, which also presented photographs and documentary materials.
F.I. Gorepekin was born on June 7, 1874 in the Essentuki station of the Terek region. The name of Thomas Gorepekin, unfortunately, is not so well known among our people, although he devoted the largest and most fruitful part of his life to the Ingush. Over the years of research work, F. I. Gorepekin has accumulated a huge manuscript archive. He compiled the first primer and the first alphabet, made a direct and reverse dictionary with an encyclopedic explanation of 5000 words. In fact, he is the first scholar-researcher of the peoples of the Caucasus and the first researcher of the history of the Ingush. In 1919, at the Congress of Mountain Peoples, having read the documents, the deputies of the Congress awarded F.I. Gorepekin the honorary title “Nakha – this der”.
The Conference also discussed the Resolution on approval of the Regulations on the Order of the People's Assembly of the Republic of Ingushetia
“Naha siy der”, which was adopted by deputies of the People’s Assembly of the Republic of Ingushetia at the initiative of the Historical and Geographical Society of Ingushetia “Dzurzuki” earlier this year.
This award will be given to people who have dedicated themselves to the Ingush people, its history and culture. And the first Order “Nakha this der” by the deputies of the People’s Assembly of Ingushetia decided to award Gorepekin F.I. posthumously, which will allow to immortalize his name in the history of the Ingush people.
Employees of the Jeirakh-Assinsky Museum-Reserve, within the framework of protection and preservation of historical and cultural monuments, conducted sanitary measures for the demolition of illegal economic buildings on the territory of the Furtog tower complex.
A summer outbuilding located on the security zones of the complex was dismantled. All the garbage was collected and taken to a specially designated place.
We remind you that in order to ensure the safety of the object of cultural heritage in its historical landscape environment, a special land use regime is established that restricts economic activity and prohibits construction, except for the use of special measures aimed at preserving and regenerating the natural environment of the object of cultural heritage (paragraph 2 of Article 34 of the Federal Law No. 73-FZ of 25.06.2002 "On Cultural Heritage Objects (Monuments of History and Culture) of the Peoples of the Russian Federation".
The Furtog Tower Complex (Furtovg-ing.) is located at the beginning of the Dzheyrakhov Gorge, on the spur of Table Mountain, on the right bank of the Armkha River. Now only the base of the battle tower, five dilapidated residential tower buildings of the late Middle Ages and one crypt remain here.
The very name of the village Furtog can be translated as "neither yours nor mine", according to local legend, the ancestors of the names Akhrievs and Lyanovs argued, whose name to call them aul, but the question remained open.
From the village of Furtog came many famous Ingush. They were famous tower builders. Here was born the first Ingush ethnographer, a connoisseur of life and culture of Ingush Chah Akhriev. Particularly famous Furtougu brought one of the leaders of the struggle for Soviet power in the North Caucasus during the Civil War Gapur Akhriev. On May 15, 1981, a memorial museum opened in his home in Furtouga. Here are collected antiques, kitchen utensils, as well as old photos and documents. In Furtouga there is also Furtog waterfall, known for the fact that Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleev came there, as the memorial plate tells.
During the inspection trip to the village of Furtog, on the territory of the complex, the staff of the Jeirakh-Assinsky Museum-Reserve discovered two previously unrecorded river mills and four underground crypts.
The river mills are located 250-300 m west of the complex, the state is ruined - only fragments of the walls have been preserved. Also, according to local residents, 100 meters from the waterfall until 2002 was another operating mill, which due to severe flooding in the summer of the same year was washed away by heavy rains.
And the discovered underground crypts, also located on the territory of the complex, which contained bone remains, were covered with earth by local residents for religious reasons.
In order to ensure the integrity and safety of these objects, applications will be submitted to higher organizations on their inclusion in the list of identified objects of cultural heritage of the republic.
The attractions of the complex are architectural monuments, Furtog waterfall, house-museum with the history of Furtog named after Gapur Akhriev.
“Dear citizens of the Republic!
Hyamsara mekhoi!
Today we celebrate the centenary of the formation of the statehood of the Republic of Ingushetia – a significant date that opened a new chapter in the history of our people!
On July 7, 1924, a separate Ingush Autonomous Region was formed as part of the RSFSR. This event was an important step in our development.
Over the years, Ingushetia went through difficult trials, but always remained true to its traditions, culture and spirit. We are proud of our heritage and continue to build a brighter future for our children and grandchildren.
Today Ingushetia is a dynamically developing region with great potential. We have done a lot to preserve and strengthen our statehood and will continue to work to improve the lives of residents of the republic.
On this festive day, I sincerely congratulate you on this important historical date for our people.
I wish you good health, happiness, prosperity and success in all endeavors!
May our beloved Ingushetia always be peaceful and prosperous! – Mahmud-Ali Kalimatov.
In the middle of the XVIII century, the Georgian historian Vakhushti Bagrationi, visiting hard-to-reach mountainous areas, noted that the Ingush “know how to build from stone on lime and build houses, towers and fortifications from them.” The works of the Georgian historiographer mark the formation of scientific Caucasian studies.
In the XVIII-early-XIX centuries. there are works of a research nature. Ethnographic studies that appeared during this period are closely related to the study of stone architecture monuments of the Ingush and other peoples of the Caucasus.
In the late XIX - early XX centuries an important contribution to the study of monuments of mountain Ingushetia was made by a scientist - V.F. Miller.
At the beginning of the XX century the Soviet stage of studying monuments of mountain Ingushetia began and this period was represented by the works of A.F. Goldstein, L.P. Semenov, I.P. Shcheblykin, E.I. Krupnov, V.P. Kobychev, A.I. Robakidze, M.M. Basorkin, etc. In the works of Caucasian scientists, the culture of building towers and religious buildings of mountain Ingushetia was appreciated.
In 1925-1932 , archaeological and ethnographic expeditions in the mountains of Ingushetia were conducted by scientist L.P. Semenov. In his reports he wrote: "In the Ingush monuments reflected the change of three religions, successively replacing one another: pagan (the oldest), Christian (which began to penetrate the XII century), Muslim (which penetrated in the XVII century).
A significant role in the study of monuments of archaeology of mountain Ingushetia was played by E. I. Krupnov under the leadership of whom the archaeological expeditions of the State Historical Museum (GIM) were carried out in Ingushetia. His first scientific works on ancient and medieval Ingushetia were published in GIM. Thanks to him, significant groups of monuments of material culture were investigated. These monuments were covered in his monograph “History of Ingushetia from Ancient Times to XVIII Century” and “Ancient History of the North Caucasus”.
A general description of military and residential towers, castle structures, temples, crypts and sanctuaries is given by the artist-ethnographer I.P. Shcheblykin, who participated in expeditions to mountain Ingushetia together with L.P. Semenov.
At the present stage of study, in parallel with the studies of M. Muzhukhoev, D.Y. Chakhkiev, the works of scientists appeared - R. Munchayev, V.I. Markovin, V.B. Vinogradov, V.H. Tmenov, I.M. Miziev and many others.
Among these studies, it is worth noting the monograph by V.I. Markovin, which describes the traditional architecture of Ingushetia and other regions of the North Caucasus.
The works of A.F. Goldstein are important for the comparative analysis of tower structures of the North Caucasus. In his work Medieval Architecture of Chechen-Ingushetia and North Ossetia, he came to the conclusion that the architecture of Ingush, Chechens and Ossetians has much more in common than different.
For the study and comparison of materials relating to the monuments of mountain Ingushetia had numerous works of the scientist archaeologist M. B. Muzhukhoev. Cyclopean structures of mountain Ingushetia, dating of a number of settlements in the mountains, rooted in the III thousand BC, and much more have important scientific significance. M. B. Musukhoev identified and studied the early Muslim burial monuments of the region, located near or on the outskirts of villages, individual tombstones located outside cemeteries.
The study of the monuments of mountain Ingushetia gives us a certain idea of the economic, social, political and spiritual differentiation of society.
Yesterday, the head of the Committee for the State Protection of Cultural Heritage Sites Kodzoev T. U. and Acting Director of the Dzheyrakh-Assinsky Museum-Reserve Sampiev A. A. took part in the meeting chaired by the First Deputy Head of the Administration of the Head and Government of the Republic of Ingushetia - Head of the Department of Internal Policy Markhiev A. Z.
At the meeting, issues were discussed about the conflict circumstances that have arisen recently between representatives of Ingush teips on the belonging of the historical territories of the mountainous part of the republic. The Chairman noted the prevention of such situations, the need for conciliatory talks between the parties with the involvement of public figures and representatives of the clergy.
Monuments of history and culture are not someone's property - they are the national treasure of the whole republic, every citizen of our republic without exception has the right to be proud of them.
Employees of the museum-reserve held a Saturday on the territory of the tower complex "Egikal". The territory of the complex was cleaned, all garbage was collected and removed.
Earlier, a large-scale Saturday on the territory of the complex, as well as along the riverbed of the Agi-hi - tributary of Assa was held, timed to coincide with the International Day of Monuments and Historical Places.
And earlier this month, measures to demolish illegal farm buildings were held in the village of Furtog.
We call on all residents of the republic who go to the mountainous area to observe cleanliness and order in the protected area!!! Not where they are, but where they are not.
In Ingushetia, work has been completed on the restoration of the ancestral tower complex of the Akhilgovy family “Goust”, located on the slope of the Mat Loam mountain in the Jeirakh district.
The head of the republic Mahmud-Ali Kalimatov and the founder of the Renaissance Foundation Mikail Gutseriev personally visited the historical monument and appreciated the quality of the work carried out.
The Goust complex, consisting of three towers united by a stone fence, was in a dilapidated state.
There were no roofs and ceilings, there were cracks on the walls.
Thanks to the Renaissance Foundation, the Goust complex has been restored and has its original appearance.
Now this historical monument again adorns the mountain landscape of Ingushetia, being a clear example of careful attitude to the cultural heritage of the republic.
Head of the Committee for the State Protection of Cultural Heritage Sites Kodzoev T. U. and Acting Director of the Dzheyrakh-Assinsky Museum-Reserve Sampiev A. A. took part in the event on the occasion of the completion of restoration works of the Goust tower complex, during which the historical ensemble consisting of three towers was restored.
Thanks to timely work, the complex again pleases us with its grandeur and ancient architecture.
Heads of institutions also, within the framework of the work plan on supervision of restoration, conservation and emergency work aimed at preserving historical and architectural objects of mountain Ingushetia, visited the tower complex "Nizhny Puy", where restoration work by specialists of the restoration company "Nasledie" has begun and is actively underway.
The partner of the project is the charity fund of M. Gutseriev “Safmar”.