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.

In the eastern part of the Guloikhi gorge of the Dzheyrakh district, in the border zone, there are small little-known, rarely visited medieval tower settlements "Agutyr", "Kasheti", "Gvezi", "Oasegh".

Agutyr is located 1 km southeast of the Mukhul complex, the complex has residential towers with annexes. One of the towers is located 400 meters northeast of the main group of buildings. You can find petroglyphs on their walls. Near the village there are two Muslim cemeteries with mausoleums.

Kasheti is located 400 meters south-west of the Agutyr complex. There are 5 dilapidated residential towers with various annexes. One of the residential towers is located 450 meters north of Kasheti, 500 meters from Muhula, and was probably a separate estate. Within the village of Kasheti there are two semi-ruined ground collective crypt tombs, a Muslim cemetery, as well as a pillar-shaped sanctuary.

According to the population census of 1863-1864 , representatives of surnames who belong to the Tsorin society lived in the villages.

Gvezi is a tower village 400 meters southeast of Kasheti. Only one residential tower of the complex has survived to the height of one floor, the rest of the buildings are in a ruined state. Within the village there are five underground collective crypt tombs and a necropolis of stone-box graves. The complex is located on a steep mountain slope.

According to the census of 1926, 1 peasant farm and 7 people of the population were noted in the complex.

Oasegh is located 500 meters north of Zori, right by the road. In the past, the complex had 6 residential towers up to three floors high, with a variety of annexes, which together with a stone defensive wall formed a single castle complex of the late medieval period. Nearby stood two tower-like terrestrial collective crypt tombs. Only one residential tower has survived. According to the preliminary results of the All-Union census of 1926, 2 peasant farms and 11 people of both sexes were recorded in the village.

The material was prepared in order to protect, preserve and popularize objects of cultural heritage of the Republic of Ingushetia (Agirov T. “Mountain Ingushetia”; family lists of settlements of the Ingush district of the Terek region 1863-1864 ; field material).

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