On September 10, 2025, the A. A. Kadyrov State Gal. Чеченский заповедник

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.

On September 10, 2025, the A. A. Kadyrov State Gallery hosted the final exhibition and presentation of the large-scale cultural project “VERT.”

The author of the project was Zulfiya Sultanovna Bakaraeva, director of the Chechen Ethno Association. VERT was based on fundamental research into the history of national costume, including work with leading experts and detailed reconstruction of historical images.

Employees of the Argun Museum-Reserve took part in the event. The museum director gave a speech on the importance of cultural projects.

The VERT project makes a significant contribution to the preservation and popularization of traditional culture, demonstrating how historical heritage can exist organically in the modern cultural space.