Welcome comrade! Looks like you've got some fantastic scenery there; looking forward to more pics from the trails.

They look like 14th century defensive towers, apparently part of a medieval castle or fortress (you can sort of make out the wall foundations in Ivan's pic). Pretty impressive that they're still standing. More info on Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingushetia

Ingushetia is a small and very beautiful country with a difficult history.
These are defense towers, near Chechnya, "abreks" (bandits).


In Chechnya, too, there are towers:



For contrast - arctic Russia, near Norway:

Hi Ivan,

I've toured Norway by motorcycle and absolutely loved it. It's a shame the region is so expensive, and the ferry options (from the UK), so limited.

Regards