Since the beginning of work on the objects of cultural heritage of the Republic of Ingushetia, the considerable library of "ASM Group" is gradually replenished with interesting works on Ingush culture.

One of these books is “Arms and issues of military art of the late medieval Ingush and Chechens (XIII-XVIII centuries).”

Dzhabrail Yurievich Chakhkiev’s monograph “Arms and Issues of the Military Art of the Late Medieval Ingush and Chechens (XIII-XVIII centuries)” was published in 2019 in Magas on the materials of the candidate’s thesis, defended by the author at the Moscow State University History Department in 1987.

In three chapters, D.Y. Chakhkiev describes offensive and defensive weapons, touches on some specific issues of military architecture. The book is rich in illustrative material: photographs of weapons, armor and towers. The undoubted advantage of the monograph is an accessible style of presentation, adjacent to a strong scientific apparatus, a large volume of references to sources and research.

Substantial and thoughtful, this work will be useful to all who are interested in the military history and history of the peoples of Ingushetia and Chechnya.

“Military affairs among the Chechens and Ingush in the late Middle Ages was at a sufficiently high level of development for its time, relying on the richest experience and continuing the traditions of past centuries, as well as constantly creatively absorbing innovations and inventions. It really corresponded to the degree of their socio-economic development, habitat, urgent needs and spirit of the era, Chakkhiev, 2019, p. 189.