Peoples of Russia: a joint project of Vestnik Kavkaza, the history faculty of Moscow State University and Vesti FM

Vestnik Kavkaza

The information-analytical agency Vestnik Kavkaza, together with the history faculty of Moscow State University and Vesti FM presents the program "Peoples of Russia".
At Vesti FM radio, experts of Vestnik Kavkaza will talk about the past, present and future of the Caucasian peoples of Russia.

Once, in an interview to Vestnik Kavkaza, the famous Georgian film director Rezo Chkheidze said: "I do not understand those who support international conflicts. The relations between nations should be seen as their convergence, co-alignment of life. If there are any problems, it is necessary to find a common language, a general solution. Especially when it comes to the Caucasus, where we live."

In the truest sense of the word, as Caucasians are united by the Russian language, but the Caucasus is not called Babylon without a reason – more than 40 languages are "mixed" here.

Russians are living here, mostly in the cities and Cossack villages.Abkhazians, Abaza, Shapsugs, Adygeys, Circassians, Kabardians speak in the Abkhaz-Adyghe languages; Ingushetians and Chechens speak in the Nakh languages. Dagestan is particularly multilingual, where Avars, Dargins, Lezghins Tabasarans, Agulla Rutuls, Tsakhurs and Azerbaijanis live. Also Turkic peoples live in the North Caucasus - Kumyks, Nogai, Balkars and Karachai. There are mountain Jews - the Tats, whose language belongs to the Iranian group, as, by the way, does the Ossetian language.

Meanwhile, in the program not only the people of the North Caucasus will be talked about, but also in general the Caucasian peoples of Russia, and of course, the programs will focus on both Azerbaijanis and Armenians and Georgians.

Vesti FM will talk about them and about other nations and nationalities, their languages, cultures, religions, and after each radio program the material will be available on the site of Vestnik Kavkaza.