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.

At the invitation of Chechen State Pedagogical University (CSPU) as part of the CSPU Volunteer Summer School program, Dalhadova M. L., head of the department for the use and promotion of cultural heritage at the Argun Museum-Reserve, held a master class on the topic: “Cultural Heritage Sites of the Chechen Republic.”

The participants of the master class learned a lot of new things about the history and culture of the Chechen Republic, which was an exciting and informative experience for them.

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