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.

In the GBU "Memorial complex of Glory named after A. A. Kadyrov" an event was organized by the RGS (Russian Geographical Society) in the framework of the project "Heritage of the People".

The organizers note that the project is implemented with state support - a grant of the Head of the Republic for non-profit organizations in 2024 and with the assistance of the Department for Cooperation with Religious and Public Organizations of the Administration of the Head and Government of the Chechen Republic, and is aimed at preserving the historical memory of the Chechen people through lectures and direct communication.

This event was held in the format of a lecture with the participation of invited specialists, one of them was a senior researcher of the Department of Archaeology and Architecture of the GBU "Argun Museum-Reserve" Bakanaev R.S. As noted by the participants, the meeting was extremely fruitful and interesting.

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