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 Vedensky Reserve and covering the Itum-Kalin and Sharoy districts in whole, as well as partially Achkhoy-Martan, Veden and Shatoi 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.

From November 28 to December 1, 2024, the III exhibition “Restoration” was held in Moscow. Import substitution in restoration materials and technologies.”

The opening took place in the Circular depot of the Nikolaev railway. It is organized by the Russian Association of Restorers: https://rosrest.com/

The exhibition is an important event for professionals of the restoration industry.

Tamirlan Soltagireev, an employee of the GBU “Argun Museum-Reserve”, visited it to exchange professional experience with the organizers.

It also discussed and demonstrated domestic materials and methods of restoration, restoration of ancient technologies and new approaches to the preservation of cultural heritage sites in modern conditions.

The exhibition was interesting to a wide audience, including young people and children. The program has developed several key areas: an exposition, creative workshops, lecture hall and a platform for professional competitions among young restorers.

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