Jeyrakh-Assin Reserve
Jeyrakh-Assin Reserve

The Jeyrakh-Assin historical, architectural and natural museum-reserve is located within the boundaries of the Jeyrakh district of the Republic of Ingushetia on the northern slopes of the foothills of the Central part of the Greater Caucasus Range. The reserve was established on June 2, 1988. The area of the reserve is slightly more than 627 square kilometers. The activity of the reserve is aimed at ensuring the preservation, restoration and study of territorial complexes of cultural and natural heritage, material and spiritual values in their traditional historical (cultural and natural) environment. On the territory of the museum-reserve there are 122 ancient architectural complexes, including more than 2,670 objects of cultural significance, including defensive and residential towers, burial crypts, Christian and pagan sanctuaries and temples. The oldest buildings of the megalithic type belong to the middle of the second millennium BC. Every year, significant scientific discoveries are made on the territory of the reserve, new objects are identified, archaeological expeditions are constantly working, scientists from all over the world come. Since 1996, the reserve has been a candidate for inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage List. Significant value in the reserve is given to work on creating conditions for the development of organized tourism, its educational and service component.

On the territory of the tower complex “Tiarsh” revealed previously unaccounted for monuments of architecture.

These days the staff of the museum-reserve, within the framework of the plan of works on revealing and accounting of previously unaccounted architectural monuments, on the territory of the tower complex “Tiarsh” revealed an early unaccounted early Muslim cemetery with 9 steles.

Ta'rsh is a large tower village of castle type, located on the spur of the Ma't Loam mountain, 0.9 km east of the “Egenta” complex.

The staff of the institution took measurements of the objects and made photo-fixation. The height of steles is from 30 to 50 cm, the distance between them is from 1 to 3 meters. After the relevant works, the objects will be included in the list of identified objects of cultural heritage of the Republic.

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