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 Vedensky Reserve and covering the Itum-Kalin and Sharoy districts in whole, as well as partially Achkhoy-Martan, Veden and Shatoi 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.

In the House of Nationalities on Mokhovaya Street, an exhibition “Chechnya Towers – Stone Guards” was opened. Architectural heritage through the centuries”.

The author of the presented works is a senior researcher of the GBU “Argun Museum-Reserve – Tamirlan Soltagireev”.

The unique stone architecture of Chechnya is a vivid heritage of ancient material culture.

The exhibition includes a series of twenty-five graphic watercolor sketches of cultural heritage objects located on the territory of the Argun Museum-Reserve in the mountainous part of the Chechen Republic.

In 2015-2024 , works on restoration and adaptation for modern use were carried out at these facilities with the financial support of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and on behalf of the head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov.

The exhibition in the House of Nationalities is held by KGIOP SPb with the support of the Committee on Interethnic Relations and the Implementation of Migration Policy in St. Petersburg and the Russian Association of Restorers.

You can visit the exhibition every Monday and Wednesday at 17:00 until January 31, 2025.

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