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Jeyrakh-Assin Reserve

Jeyrakh-Assin Reserve

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.

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Upper Kyahk
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12.07.2024

The Upper Kyakhk tower complex is located on a mountain slope 2 km southwest of Hamha, in a side gorge, near the confluence of its left tributary of the Kyakhkhi River into the Assu River. Currently, there are combat, semi-combat and more than a dozen residential tower structures, which with the help of a long defensive wall were combined into a single powerful castle complex of the late Middle Ages. The battle tower at the base is rectangular, five-storey, with a flat roof and without hinged machicules-balconies. It reached a height of 22 m. Covering the second floor in the form of a four-sided closed false vault with protruding edges. In the walls of 2-5 floors there are rare small window openings, numerous narrow loopholes for firefighting and observation. Local residential towers in terms of rectangular, once 2-3 storeys, with a flat roof and high parapet.

The Upper Kyakhk tower complex is part of the Dzhirakh-Assin State Historical, Architectural and Natural Museum-Reserve and is an identified object of cultural heritage protected by the state.

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