If you read all the open sources on the North Caucasus, the most information is available on the City of the Dead “Tsoi-Pede” in Chechnya, the City of the Dead “Fardyk-Keshen” in Kabardino-Balkaria, and, of course, the City of the Dead ‘Dargavs’ in North Ossetia, as “the largest complex of its kind in the North Caucasus,” with 95 crypts.

Why is there virtually no mention of the “Shoan City of the Dead,” located in a remote mountainous part of Ingushetia and actually the largest crypt complex in the North Caucasus?

The ACM Group team has completed its work on studying and identifying crypts in the “Shoan City of the Dead.” For some reason, the existing Register of Cultural Heritage Sites lists only 76 crypts. ACM Group specialists have identified 175 more historical monuments in the Shoan City of the Dead that have the characteristics of cultural heritage sites, including 2 sanctuaries, 169 crypts, and 4 steles.

“ACM Group” is sending 175 applications to the Committee for the Protection of Cultural Heritage Sites in Ingushetia to include the identified sites in the Register of Newly Identified Cultural Heritage Sites in Ingushetia. We hope that within 90 working days, another 175 objects will legally become identified cultural heritage objects of the Russian Federation and take their rightful place among other unique monuments of the country. “ACM Group” is ready to provide all additional assistance necessary to legally protect the unique crypts of the “Shokansky City of the Dead.”

The work is being carried out with the full support of the SAFMAR Charitable Foundation.