Historical, Philosophical, Political and Law Sciences, Culturology and Study of Art. Issues of Theory and Practice. Tambov: Gramota, 2015. № 6. Part 1. P. 200-203.
INSTITUTION OF BLOOD FEUD WITH THE ADYGHE PEOPLE IN THE XVIII-XIX CENTURIES: PROBLEM OF TRANSFORMATION
Khachetlova Susanna Mukhamedovna
Kabardino-Balkarian State University named after H. M. Berbekov
Abstract. The problems of traditional social institutions take an important place in historical science. The description of laws and customs promotes the more detailed reconstruction of the traditional history of highland peoples, the regularities of the development of the North Caucasus. In this connection the author analyzes the institution of blood feud with the Adyghe people, which existed for a long period. By concrete historical material the paper examines the practice of blood feud in the XVIII-XIX centuries and the problem of its transformation.
Key words and phrases: адыги (кабардинцы, черкесы, адыгейцы), кровная месть, акт возмездия, кровомщение, "юридические" пословицы, примирение кровников, плата за кровь, "цена крови", the Adyghe people (Kabardinians, Circassians, Adygeis), blood feud, act of retaliation, "juridical" proverbs, reconciliation of mortal enemies, payment for blood, "price of blood"
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