Kabardino-Balkaria is marking Adyghe Memorial Day on May 20-21, dedicated to victims of the Caucasus War. The Tkachenko Museum of Figurative Arts opened the “I Love the Caucasus” exhibition for the 150th anniversary of the end of the Caucasus War yesterday.
Nalchik organized a concert “My Motherland – My Song” at the Nalchik Memorial to Victims of the Caucasus War. Candles were lit in the evening.
Today young people will march in Nalchik together with leaders of the republic, public officials, clerics and representatives of Adyghe communities in the Middle East and Western Europe. The Kabardino-Balkarian National Museum will open the “Adyghes. Fate Throughout the Centuries” exhibition.
Rector of the Lomonosov Moscow State University Victor Sadovnichy said that the peoples of the Caucasus were an inseparable part of Russia and none of them wanted to separate from Russia voluntarily.
Vyacheslav Nikonov, head of the Duma committee for education, characterized the Caucasus War as one of the main events in Russian history. In his words, Armenians and Georgians had wanted the Russian tsar to protect them for centuries from the suppressions of Turkey and Persia. He believes that many existing conflicts in the region are a consequence of the Caucasus War.
