Grozny hosted a round table on the theme: “Current. Аргунский заповедник

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 Vedeno Reserve and covering the Itum-Kali and Sharoy districts in whole, as well as partially Achkhoy-Martan, Vedeno and Shatoy 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.

Grozny hosted a round table on the theme: “Current Issues of Preservation and Development of Historical and Cultural Heritage in the Chechen Republic”, organized by the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Chechen Republic.

The event was attended by R.S. Bakanaev, a senior researcher of the Archeology and Architecture Department of the Argun Museum-Reserve, as an invited speaker.

As part of the exchange of experience, he made a presentation on “The Current State, Problems and Prospects of Preserving and Developing the Historical and Cultural Heritage of the Chechen People”.

The organizers noted the current relevance of the topic.