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.

The staff of the Jeirakh-Assin Museum-Reserve monitored the medieval tower complex Kost.

Kost is a tower settlement on the spur of the Tsey-Loam mountain, south of Kart.

According to the orders of the Department of Cultural Heritage of the Government of the Republic of Ingushetia, the complex includes 52 identified objects of cultural heritage, including: semi-combat tower - 3, dwelling tower - 13, above-ground crypt - 5, underground crypt - 16, semi-underground crypt - 4, ruins of stone buildings - 9, outbuildings - 2.

The semi-martial towers of the complex have preserved about 80% of the original volume, there are numerous cracks, the roofs have been lost, and the base has been weathered by heavy rains.

The dwelling towers have preserved from 40 to 90% of the construction volume, the roofs have been lost. The walls of some dwelling towers are destroyed to the foundation, others are half-collapsed, and some are preserved to their full height. The reason for the deformation is the destruction of the rocky base.

The crypts have preserved about 70-95% of the construction volume, although some of them are ruinized and in critical condition.

Based on the results of the field work, extensive photographic material of all cultural heritage objects was collected and technical condition reports were drawn up, which will be used in the future when carrying out works on their preservation.

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