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 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.

The staff of the State Budgetary Institution “Argun Museum-Reserve” made a planned field trip to the Achkhoi-Martan district of the Chechen Republic in order to familiarize and study the cultural heritage sites located in the village of Chokabukh.

This trip was an important stage in the work to preserve and popularize the historical heritage of the region.

During the tour the staff of the museum-reserve paid special attention to the architectural features of the architectural buildings and their historical significance.

It is important to note that the preservation of historical heritage is one of the priority tasks of the State Budgetary Institution “Argun Museum-Reserve”, and such field trips allow to study and preserve unique historical and cultural monuments of the Chechen Republic in more detail.

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