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 Arshaug tower complex is located in the Jayrakh district, 0.3 km west of Tsori, on the crest of a mountain ridge, 40-50 meters high.

The complex consists of one heavily damaged and semi-ruined combat tower and seven residential towers, as well as a stone fence, six tomb structures, two defensive walls, three collective burial vaults, steles, and ruins of stone buildings.

The combat and residential towers were previously connected by a stone defensive wall to form a single castle complex from the late Middle Ages.

The combat tower is rectangular in plan, five stories high, had a flat roof with a crenellated top, has been preserved to its full height, and faces west.

The residential towers are rectangular at the base, once three-story, with flat roofs and high parapets. They have preserved various types of door and window openings, linear recesses for wooden flooring, as well as niches, hiding places, and other structural details.

The hill on which Arshaug is located offers a picturesque view of the Tsori tower complex.

Arshaug is a recognized cultural heritage site of the Republic of Ingushetia, located within the boundaries of the Dzhayrakh-Assinsky Museum-Reserve, and is subject to state protection.

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