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Barakh
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19.06.2024

Barakh Tower Complex (Old Barakh, New Barakh) is a castle-type complex located in the Jeirakh district at the foot of Tsorei Loam Mountain, 900 m southeast of Koali. One of the legends says that the name Barakh received from the phrase "B1A Bair" - a hundred horsemen. Both complexes are located on the road leading from Tsori to Targim, the complexes were fortified with defensive walls.

The towers of New Barakh now lie in ruins, but some walls have arched openings and other small elements. In one of the towers was a blacksmith workshop. At the bottom of the complex are extensive cemeteries, within which you can see Muslim mausoleums and more ancient solar burial grounds. At the top is a high anthropomorphic stele. Also in the Barakha can be seen a pillar-shaped sanctuary.

Old Barakh, according to legend, was destroyed to the ground. This is evidenced by the currently destroyed buildings of Old Barakh, including two battle towers. In the southern part of the complex there is a crypt burial ground. In the lower part of the southern wall of the tower-shaped ground tomb carved image of a man in a horizontal position.

The Barakh 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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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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