Dzheyrakh-Assa Museum-Reserve (russian: Джейрахско-Ассинский музей-заповедник) is a
Ingush Ingush may refer to:
* Ingush language
* Ingush people
The Ingush (, inh, ГIалгIай, translit=Ghalghaj, pronounced ) per Oxford dictionary "a member of a people living mainly in Ingushetia in the central Caucasus." Ingushetia is a federa ...
cultural and historical
landscape
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in
Ingushetia
Ingushetia (; russian: Ингуше́тия; inh, ГӀалгӏайче, Ghalghayče), officially the Republic of Ingushetia,; inh, Гӏалгӏай Мохк, Ghalghay Moxk is a republic of Russia located in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe. ...
, consisting of a number of
reserves and
auls. In the territory of 64 thousand
hectares there are about five hundred stone architectural complexes:
funerary crypts,
Pagan
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and
Christian
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shrines
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and
temples, and
Vainakh towers. The first towers date back to the II millennium BC.
There are about 2,000 inhabitants in
Dzheyrakhsky district of Ingushetia.
Noteworthy places of Assa-Dzheyrakh:
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Erzi (Боевые башни Эрзи) is a state nature reserve, includes one of the largest
tower complexes of Ingushetia.
* Tower complex
Vovnushki
Vovnushki ( inh, Вӏо́внашке, Vhóvnashke) is a medieval complex with defensive Ingush watchtowers. It is a unique monument of Ingush architecture, which is part of the Dzheyrakh-Assa State Historical-Architectural and Natural Museum-Re ...
(Башенный комплекс Вовнушки) is a late medieval complex of defensive Ingush towers. In 2008 Vovnushki became the finalist of the project
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.
* Tower complex
Targim
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(Башенный комплекс Таргим) is an aul in Dzheyrakhsky district of Ingushetia, is located in the Targim basin, on the right bank of the river
Assa.
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Tkhaba-Yerdy (Тхаба-ерды) is an early medieval Christian temple in Dzheyrakhsky district of Ingushetia, between the aul of Khairah and Pui of Assin gorge, not far from the border with
Georgia.
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Alby-Yerdy (Ingush: Альби-Ерды) are the ruins of an early medieval temple in Ingushetia, located on the left bank of the Assa River.
* Tower complex
Egikal
Egikal (russian: Эгикал; inh, Аьги-Кхаьлла, Ägi-Qälla, lit=Settlement of Ägi) is an ancient city-settlement in the Dzheyrakhsky District of Ingushetia. It is part of the rural settlement (administrative center) of Guli. On ...
(Башенный комплекс Эгикхал) is an aul in the Dzheyrakhsky district of Ingushetia. On its territory, there are many historical objects, including ancient burial grounds. One of the military towers with a height of 27 meters was preserved in almost perfect condition.
Since 1996 Dzheyrakh-Assa Museum-Reserve has been a candidate for the list of
World Heritage UNESCO
References
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Cultural heritage monuments in Ingushetia
Objects of cultural heritage of Russia of federal significance