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.

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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