Sixth Festival of Culture and Sports of Caucasian Peoples was held at the highest level

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The Deputy Head of the department of physical culture and mass sport of the Ministry of Sports of Russia, Georgy Kabanov, speaking about the Festival of Culture and Sports of the Peoples of the Caucasus, which was held on September 26 and 27 in Makhachkala, said that everything was organized at the highest level. The competition was attended by the national teams of Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia, Chechnya, Dagestan, Ingushetia, North Ossetia-Alania and Stavropol Territory. In total, the festival was attended by about 1000 people, including athletes, members of creative collectives and representatives of metochions. The sports program included armwrestling, belt wrestling, archery, power lifting, tug of war, walking on stilts, relay races and many more. As a result of the Festival, the Dagestani team won first place, second was the team of Kabardino-Balkaria Republic, third was the team of Chechnya.