As part of the planned research work, the staff of. Чеченский заповедник

Argun Reserve

The Chechen State Historical, Architectural, and Natural Museum-Reserve is a nature reserve located in the southern part of the Chechen Republic within the Vedeno Nature Reserve, encompassing the entire Itum-Kali and Sharoi districts and parts of the Achkhoy-Martan, Vedeno, and Shatoi districts. It was established on June 2, 1988, by decree of the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR. Its area is 233,800 hectares. It's safe to say that the Chechen Nature Reserve is an open-air museum. It encompasses the historical and natural monuments of the Argun Gorge. Among the natural monuments within the Chechen Museum-Reserve, the most notable is the Sheki-Khyekh Cave, home to sulfur springs and a hydrogen sulfide river. The cultural and historical sites include approximately 150 tower complexes from the early and late Middle Ages, religious buildings, military and residential towers, early Muslim burial sites, cyclopean structures, and other historical monuments. Many of the museum-reserve's buildings are in ruins.

As part of the planned research work, the staff of the State Budget Institution “Argun Museum-Reserve” organized a field expedition to the territory of the Achkhoi-Martan district of the Chechen Republic.

During the planned expedition specialists of the museum-reserve led by the head of the museum conducted a detailed inspection, recorded the data obtained in the process of studying the objects possessing signs of cultural heritage.

As a result, 21 objects were identified on the territory of Achkhoi-Martan district, Merzha society:

3 crypts;

1 combat tower;

1 semi combat tower;

16 dwelling towers.

Work was also carried out on the territory of the farmstead included in the former village of Nizhniye Gerety.