Google Earth Community: Magas

The capital of the Republic of Ingushetia - the town of Magas. Translated from the Ingush language means «city of the sun». This name is no coincidence given the capital. A thousand years ago, according to scientists in the territory of Ingushetia, there was the same Alanian medieval capital of the state. The existence of this ancient fortified settlements archeological data.

In 1995. In the area of modern village Ekazhevo - Ali-Yurt, the net box, began construction of the capital of Ingushetia - the town of Magas.

Neighborhoods Magasa interesting not only beautiful scenery and rich plant and animal life, but also the ancient monuments of antiquity.

Fifteen centuries ago, here in river valleys and through wooded predgory, on a hill and ground occurs naturally fortified hill with a dense network of strong defense - deep (up to 7-8 meters) and large (up to 15-20 meters) moats and earth ramparts .

Today, there around 20 early townships, which generally form a fortified area of more than a hundred square kilometers. This area is situated on a natural hill, convenient for the defense; flow from the west (the former in those days, abounding more and less road) river Sunzha and Kench. Sunzhensky ridge stretches north from East and Southern the area bordered by wooded ridges Black Mountains. Natural Horizons strengthened storozhevymi points and fortifications within the limits of visual communication.

Small town clustered around a larger that makes its size, complexity and security planning.

In this case, they form a somewhat defensive zones around the central part of Tracts Erz-Eli, which is the largest city of the entire defense - Hatoy-Boarz. According to scholars such grouping hill linked to the military organization of the province and the transition to a neighboring community that accompanies class society in the process of registration of feudal relations.

Hill at that time consisted of well-protected (in terms of stretched-round or oval) citadel on the hill and the adjacent settlements, which strengthened from the plane by artificial moats and ramparts.

Most of these townships have not yet been subjected to thorough archaeological research, but richly podemnomu materials and from STRIPING cultural layer, they are dated VI - XIII centuries. And some even earlier time.

In 1996, in the neighborhood of Magas was studied interesting archaeological monument-Ekazhevskoe settlement brass era (mid-II millennium BC).

The excavations yielded a wealth of material about the lives and economic activities of the ancient inhabitants of the province. Housing them were a wooden buildings, obmazannye clay. In the home has been widespread ceramic tableware fairly high quality. The basis of agriculture was developed agriculture and animal husbandry.

Gord «Hatoy-» Boarz »Vl-XIII centuries. located to the north-east. Yash-Yurt. The northern part of town covered with forest. Hatoy-Boarz is the largest city surrounding areas, it stretches for several hundred meters, and recalls the great step pyramid. The archaeological survey found a strong urban cultural layer thickness of more than two meters, saturated fragments of pottery, animal bones. The top layer of ashes showed that many hundreds of years ago there were dramatic developments, after which the town was destroyed and burnt to ashes.

Archaeological study and analysis lifting material showed that life here stopped in the XIII century, ie after the Tatar invasion, hordes.

After the withdrawal of foreign invaders in the XV-XVI centuries. Here there Kabardian tribes, who left monuments in the form of burial mounds, burial grounds and stone stele pominalnyh. On the stele are pagan characters in the form of rings and Arabic inscriptions.

Gord «Murat-Boarz» Vl-XIII centuries. located on the eastern outskirts with. Ali-Yurt. Hence, in the visual communication in early hill: «Acham-Boarz», «Hatoy-Boarz», «Hody-Harashke». On the hill «Murat-Boarz» visible Vladikavkazskaya Plain, a large part river valleys Sunzhi, Nazranki, Kench. Under the town cemetery is located katakombny V-XII centuries.

Ekazhevskoe hill «Acham-Boarz» Alanian period, is located in the southeastern part of. Ekazhevo, on the left bank of the river. Kench. The size of the axis of West-East 570 meters on the north-south axis of 440 meters, is protected by defensive moats depth up to 8 meters in width from 9 to 30 pm City «Acham-Boarz» - one of the most beautiful medieval hill junction of Ingushetia.

Museum-Memorial «victims of political repression» opened 23 Feb, 1997, the day of the 53rd anniversary of deportation of the Ingush people. Museum exhibits tell the tragic anniversaries in the history of the Ingush people, the repression of 1944, and the consequences of Ingush-Ossetian conflict October-November 1992, as well as the fate of other illegally repressed peoples.

In the vicinity of the village of Ali-Yurt, near the town Hatoy-Boarz are picturesque ponds, water which surprisingly clean and transparent. Here vodyatsya fish on the shores of live birds: herons, storks, wild duck, and others around the ponds located forest, which grow hornbeam, beech, hazel, dogwood, etc.

In the warm season this favorite vacation spot of local residents and visitors of the republic.

Edited by Ordjonikidze (09/14/08 01:39 PM)