Argun Reserve
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.

The interregional urban protection forum WOOPIC was held, dedicated to topical issues of preservation of cultural heritage, development and support of public assistance institutions in this area, as well as the exchange of experience and interaction between the regional branches of the Society and other public organizations.

The forum was held in St. Petersburg from 20 to 22 November 2024 on the campus of the National Research University "Higher School of Economics" in the mansion of V.P. Kochubey in the city of Pushkin (Radishcheva St., 4) and as part of the exchange of professional experience, Tamirlan Soltagireyev, an employee of the GBU "Argun Museum-Reserve", visited the event.

The program of the Forum proposed to discuss issues of public-private partnership in the field of preservation of cultural heritage sites, including the program implemented by JSC DOM. On behalf of the President of the Russian Federation and other practices in the regions, the latest proposals for improving the legislation on the protection of monuments, issues of support and interaction of regional offices.

Part of the program is devoted to educational trainings for heads of regional offices.

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