Dzheyrakh-Assa Museum-Reserve () is a

Ingush Ingush may refer to: * Ingush language, Northeast Caucasian language * Ingush people, an ethnic group of the North Caucasus See also *Ingushetia (disambiguation) Ingushetia is a federal republic and subject of Russia. Ingushetia may also refer ...

cultural and historical

landscape A landscape is the visible features of an area of land, its landforms, and how they integrate with natural or human-made features, often considered in terms of their aesthetic appeal.''New Oxford American Dictionary''. A landscape includes th ...

Ingushetia Ingushetia or Ingushetiya, officially the Republic of Ingushetia, is a republic of Russia located in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe. The republic is part of the North Caucasian Federal District, and shares land borders with the country o ...

, consisting of a number of

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s and

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s. In the territory of 64 thousand

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there are about five hundred stone architectural complexes: Ingush towers and funerary crypts,

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and

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and

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. The first towers date back to the II millennium BC. There are about 2,000 inhabitants in

Dzheyrakhsky district Dzheyrakhsky District (; , ) is an administrative and municipalLaw #5-RZ district (raion), one of the four in the Republic of Ingushetia, Russia. It is located in the south of the republic. The area of the district is .Official website of the Re ...

of Ingushetia. Noteworthy places of Assa-Dzheyrakh: * Erzi (Боевые башни Эрзи) is a state nature reserve, includes one of the largest tower complexes of Ingushetia. * Tower complex Vovnushki (Башенный комплекс Вовнушки) is a late medieval complex of defensive Ingush towers. In 2008 Vovnushki became the finalist of the project Seven Wonders of Russia. * Tower complex Targim (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 Assa may refer to: Places * Assa (Chalcidice), a town of Chalcidice in ancient Macedonia, Greece * Assa, Morocco, a town in Southern Morocco in the Jbel Ouarkziz * Asa River (Kazakhstan), river in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan * Assa (river), river ...

. * 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

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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 (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

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