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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.

The staff of the museum-reserve monitored the medieval tower complex “Metskhal”.

Metskhal is a large tower castle-type settlement on the spur of Mat-Lam Mountain, 0.7 km northeast of Falkhan. The settlement consisted of 2 separate, but closely interconnected, powerful tower castle complexes of the Tochievs and Kotievs.

At present, during the conducted monitoring on recording and fixation of cultural heritage objects, as well as assessment of their technical condition, the staff recorded 19 dwelling towers, 2 barrier walls, 1 mosque, 2 tomb structures, 2 defensive walls, 1 semi-battle tower, 3 springs, 6 crypts, 40 steles, 4 outbuildings and 7 ruins of stone buildings.

All the objects of the complex are in unsatisfactory condition and require urgent emergency and restoration works. In general, all the structures have deep through cracks, base washout and stone masonry collapse.

As a result of the field work, technical condition certificates were drawn up for all cultural heritage objects of the complex, which will be used in further work.