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Tongkhoy combat tower
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26.12.2024

The Tongkhoy combat tower is located in Itum-Kali district in the village of Bualoy (formerly Tongkhoy village) on the left bank of the Chanty-Argun on a steep cliff.

The dimensions of the tower in plan are 4.35x4.5 meters. Castle-corner stones (7 pieces) are traced at the corners. The preserved walls suggest that the tower was four-storied. It is oriented by corners to the sides of the world. The tower is covered with stones of the collapsed walls up to the level of the second floor. The north-west wall is the best preserved. The rest of the walls are either partially collapsed, or completely, or deformed, with through cracks. The site requires partial dismantling and restoration.

The Tongkhoy combat tower is an object of cultural heritage and is located on the territory of the Argun Historical, Architectural and Natural Museum-Reserve. It is protected by the state.

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Argun Reserve

Argun Reserve

The Argun State Historical-Architectural and Natural Museum-Reserve is a reserve located in the southern part of the Chechen Republic on the territory of the Vedeno Reserve and covering the Itum-Kali and Sharoy districts in whole, as well as partially Achkhoy-Martan, Vedeno and Shatoy districts. It was established on June 2, 1988 by the resolution of the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR. The area is 233,800 hectares. We can safely say that the Argun Reserve is an open-air museum. It includes historical and natural monuments of the Argun Gorge. Of the natural monuments on the territory of the Argun Museum-Reserve, the most remarkable is the Sheki-Hyekh cave with sulfur springs, from which a hydrogen sulfide river flows. Of the cultural and historical sites, there are about 150 tower complexes of the early and late Middle Ages, religious buildings, military and residential towers, early Muslim burials, cyclopean structures and other historical monuments. Many objects of the museum-reserve are in ruined condition.

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