The Russian Museum of Ethnography: Regions: Caucasus and Crimea

	Caucasus and Crimea

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Characteristic of the region

The largest part of the Caucasus is occupied by mountains. The Main Caucasian ridge stretches from the north-west to the south-east and divides the Caucasus into two parts: North Caucasus and Trans-Caucasus. Through the ages these two parts had a lot in common in both culture and economy. The geographic and economic conditions of the Caucasus in transition from the subtropical to the polar, as well as the natural isolation of certain territories influenced the ethnocultural image of the region, with the distinctive feature being the complexity of the ethnic and lingual complement.

	Village in the mountains. The Caucasus

View of the village of Gurzuf. Tavricheskaya Province. Early 20th century. Photo-archive of the RME

Patrimonial village in the mountains. Ossets. Tersk Region. Late 19th century

Horn for drinking wine. Georgians.Tiflis. Early 20th century

Ornamented bowl. Ossets. North Ossetia. 20th century

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Hospitality of the peoples of the North Caucasus

Hospitality is one of the brightest features of the culture of the peoples of the North Caucasus.

Craftsmen of Armenia and Azerbaijan

Feast in the Georgian culture

the cultural life of the Georgians feasts play an important role. Till present time mass feasts are the essential festive event which continues keeping to the archaic scenario of the participants' behavior

Peoples of Crimea

Crimean Tatars, Karaims and Krymchaks belong to the indigenous peoples of the Crimean Peninsula the distinctive feature of which from ancient times is its being multinational.

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