r/AskCaucasus

Hi there brothers and sisters ! I’m a Vainakhi (Chechen specifically), and I know this question might be posted a lot here, but still wanted to hear some more recent opinions on the matter.

I know we have our beefs from time to time (mostly political, due to land claims, considering the fact that I haven’t heard of any major religious conflicts between us). I love all Caucasians, and consider us closely related due to the fact that we have a very similar mentality, identical traditional clothing, Lezginka, music etc. My Lezginka teachers were a Abkhazian and a Georgian, my boxing coach was an Ossetian, and my wrestling coach was a Dagestani, and I always had only positive personal interactions with other Caucasians be that Christian or Muslim, while I always felt that other ethnic groups like Russians, Europeans, Arabs, and so on just felt very different to our mentality and ways of life.

I’m wondering if people on this sub have similar experience and think that there might ever be a possible Caucasian unification into something similar to EU if Russia somehow collapses ? Like a military and economic union in order to be able to oppose the big powers that surround us on our borders (because we are basically trapped between huge colonial powers that try to influence their smaller neighbours).

This is mostly coming from the stereotypes associated with you (Dagestani) people ever since the Dagestani takeover in MMA or other combat sports. But I'd also sincerely like to know if it's true or not. I humbly ask of you, do most people in Dagestan more or less train in combat sports or grappling in general? Is it mostly the teenagers or does it also involves people of different age demographic?? As I mentioned, no disrespect to anyone. I'm simply curious.

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According to Rosstat 2021 census

Obviously in the Russian region almost everyone would speak Russian. But what about Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan?

Am part of the Circassian diaspora, currently learning Circassian and Russian to go back after uni, I was wondering how to handle racism there? I hear lots of stories from my relatives of Russians insisting that Circassians are really Syrians/Arabs/Turks, even though most of us don't have any mixed bloodlines. I personally, though my grandparents settled in Jolan, I really don't feel comfortable calling myself Syrian

There are also false perceptions that Muslims are quite backwards people (true in extremist areas but certainly not my extended family nor the way I practice Islam), how should I navigate bigoted people when they find out I'm Circassian/Muslim?

I'm curious what the Caucasian sentiment is toward the second Trump administration. Particularly with regard to Trump's erratic foreign policy, attempts to negotiate a Syunik/Zangezur corridor deal, and the Iran war.

I'm well aware that there are multiple, very distinct nations and ethnic groups in the Caucasus, and probably a wide variety of opinions among each population.