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.

As part of a long-standing tradition, a visit to the infamous village of Khaibakh took place. A group of leading scientists and historians of the Chechen Republic, headed by Khizar Yakhyaev, director of the State Budgetary Institution “Argun Museum-Reserve”, organized a trip to the Khaibakh historical and architectural complex located in the Urus-Martanovsky district of Chechnya.

Upon arrival, those gathered honored the memory of hundreds of residents of Khaibakh who tragically perished in a stable fire during the deportation of the Chechen people in 1944 as part of the operation code-named “Lentil”.

They paid tribute to the victims of this tragic page in the region's history by reciting Dua with the whole group, praising the Almighty and asking for good for all Muslims.

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