Didi Liakhvi Gorge Museum-Reserve
(South Ossetia)




Basic information
Description: The large museum-reserve area includes Tskhinvali region: Didi and Patara Liakhvi (Big and Little Liakhvi) basin, from village Sviri to village Tamarasheni and more than 300 monuments of history and material culture:
 -  Kashueti,
 -  Mindiaant Koshki (tower in v.Kemerti),
 -  Gora Samosakhlo,
 -  Khetagaant Koshki (v.Sveri),
 -  Sabatsminda, Dzelitskhoveli (v.Kheiti),
 -  Kekhvi fortress (v.Kekhvi),
 -  churches of St.Kvirike, Abotsminda, St.Nikolas, (v.Zemo Achabeti), Parseti St.George church (v.Dzartsemi),
 -  Machabeli family palace,
 -  Gora Samosakhlo (v.Kurta),
 -  Old palace of Machabeli family,
 -  Geris Nishi (v.Tamarasheni), etc.
At present, the museum-reserve staff is working on inventory of the cultural heritage monuments of the region.
>> see some pictures from the inventory
Location:
 small bases in the villages Kekhvi and Kurta
nine kilometers north-east of Tskhinvali
Established in: 2005
Collection:
Exhibition:
Under control of: under legal authority of the Ministry of Culture, Monuments Protection and Sport of Georgia
Director:
Address:
 7300, village Kurta,  Tskinvali district
Tel/Fax: +995 - 93 - 65 11 86, +995 - 99 - 92 80 26
E.mail:
Web: Website: http://www.georgianmuseums.ge/MuseumEn/Musums/shidakartli/Didi_Liaxvi.html
Pictures: http://www.drfm.info/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=138
Disaster related information
 
Please, keep in mind that - due to the circumstances -
all information are only reported and not proven.
Location:
 The villages were bombed at the beginning of the war and (including director's house) burned down on August 16
Staff: The staff had been evacuated to Tbilisi.

The museums director in an interview with a German TV team:

Badri Gasparovi is the director of the Liakhvi museum. He had to flee to Tbilisi as well, where we met him in an emergency accomodation.

"After taking over the village, the Russian troops have cleared the way for marouders. They went through the village; they have stolen, destroyed and burned down everything."


Kekhvi office  UNOSAT ID 19:
"Likely severe damages, possible impact crater in roof, surrounded by fire damaged buildings."
Kurta office UNOSAT ID 20:
"Building destroyed, arson probable, surrounded by fire-damaged buildings."
Monuments and sites Nikozi and Samtavisi churches are not destroyed.
Collection: first saved from the museum, but later looted and destroyed
Other:
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It is based on information provided by  
    ICOM Georgia,
a German TV report (channel: ARD; culture magazin: ttt)
and UNOSAT