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

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.