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 exhibition “Monuments of Medieval Architecture of Chechnya” organized by the staff of the State Budgetary Institution “Argun Museum-Reserve” together with the Union of Women of Russia was dedicated to the Year of History, Historical Monuments, Architecture and Cultural Heritage of the Chechen People, announced by the Decree of the Head of the Chechen Republic R.A. Kadyrov.

Speakers were Assistant to the Head of the Chechen Republic, Chairman of the Council under the Head of the Chechen Republic for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights Timur Aliyev and Senior Researcher of the Department of Archaeology and Architecture of the Museum-Reserve Ramzan Bakanaev.

The purpose of the event is to popularize the history and culture of the Chechen people and develop moral and patriotic qualities among young people.

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