On January 8, 1811, foremen of 13 Kistin (Fyappin) villages including Metskhal made act of oath for the Russian Empire.

[9] In Metskhal there were once separate, but closely interconnected powerful tower castle complexes of the Dzhabagievs, Tochievs, Kusievs, and Kotievs.

Local artisans skillfully combined various metal processing operations: graining, blackening, gilding, inlay with multi-colored inserts.

Defensive walls and residential towers were preserved until 1944, when after the Deportation of Chechens and Ingush, the entire complex was mined and blown up.

The tower was so strong that even with such a filling it was not torn to pieces, but it took off into the sky like a rocket, flew several meters high while being intact and fell on the ground and crashed!