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Charmakh towers
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26.02.2025

The Charmakh dwelling towers stand in the eastern part of the village of Charmakh, on the right bank of the Charmakhoy-Erk River in the Urus-Martan District of the Chechen Republic. They date from the 14th-16th centuries.

The towers are two-storied. The walls of the towers are made of roughly worked stones of various sizes, alternating large and small stones on clay-lime mortar. The walls are oriented to the sides of the world. The towers are in a semi-destroyed state. No petroglyphs were found on the stone blocks. Such monuments of Vainakh architecture are interesting as historical material that will allow us to learn about the everyday life and culture of the people in the region.

The Charmakh dwelling towers are a cultural heritage site and are located on the territory of the Argun Historical, Architectural and Natural Museum-Reserve.

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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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