"Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria". Excerpt from 1978 Soviet TV film. | Soviet Visuals

Cuties Marat and Amina rehearsing a Kabardian dance in Nalchik, capital of Kabardino-Balkariya, southwestern Russia. Love for one's nationality and preservation of one's culture is encouraged. #Nalchik #KabardinoBalkariya #Russia #Tradition #Culture | Russian Australian Cultural Centre - Vera

Stunning footage of the father of modern Kabardian poetry Bechmirze Pasch’e dancing in Nalchik, Kabarda, at the Congress of the Kabardian Elders on 1 April 1933. Pasch’e was in his late 70s! Bechmirze Pasch’e [ПащIэ Машэ и къуэ Бэчмырзэ; Pachev; Бекмурза Пачев] (ca. 1854-1936) was a poet of considerable talent, who still holds a special place as one of the prominent figures of Kabardian national culture, and is accredited with founding modern Kabardian poetry. He was able to render oral traditio