r/AskCaucasus

Does anybody know the title of this song?

Back home, a lot of men are raised to think being a father means being feared, emotionally shut down, controlling, aggressive, never apologizing. Some of them treat women and kids horribly and everyone just calls it “being a strong man.” My father was like that.

Then you move to France and sometimes it feels like the complete opposite extreme. Parts of modern progressive culture act like masculinity itself is toxic, traditional family structures are oppressive, gender differences are fake, etc.

So you end up feeling alienated from both sides.

One culture can normalize abusive patriarchy and emotional brutality. The other can feel disconnected from reality, tradition, and basic human structure.

And when you grow up between those worlds, you start realizing you don’t fully belong to either anymore.

I still believe family matters. Fathers matter. Masculinity matters. But domination, violence, and emotional repression are not strength.

At the same time, I also can’t pretend humans are just blank slates with no biological or cultural foundations at all.

Honestly I think a lot of immigrants from the Caucasus/Balkans/Eastern Europe who moved to Western Europe feel this contradiction but never really talk about it openly.

Hello!

Im visiting Azerbaijan for the first time soon and I will be traveling around the country for 6 days. Therefore I have a few questions, since it’s my first time.

1. Which taxi-service is recommended in Baku and Gandja? I’ve downloaded the Yango app, is it okay?

2. I’m driving around in a hirecar most of the time. Is there anything I should be aware of? (Other than speeding Ladas and Mercedes lol)

3. I’m a amateur photographer and hope to take quite a few pictures there with my camera. How does people in provincial Azerbaijan respond to that? I speak a little bit of Russian, so I can quite fast explain that I’m a harmless tourist who’s just fascinated by the country and its people. (I will of course always ask before taking a picture of somebody)

4. Is it possible to visit the Nargorno-Karabakh region at all? Or do you have to go through a military checkpoint?

5. And last question: it’s says on my Wizz app (the airline I’m travelling with), that Baku airport only accepts a physical boarding pass, not a mobile one. Is that really true?

Hope somebody can answer at least some of my questions 😅 thanks!

Hello, I have a question about Circassians. I live in France, and I’m friends with a Circassian who comes from Russia. Every time people talk to us about Circassians in France, they usually mention Circassians from Turkey, and my friend always reacts negatively. He says that they “don’t exist.” I’ve even seen him physically attack a Turkish Circassian simply because that person said he was Circassian.

I asked my friend why he reacts like that, but he told me it was none of my business. The only explanation that came to my mind is that maybe he reacts this way because those Turkish Circassians are darker-skinned or have more European facial features — not what I would personally describe as typically Caucasian-looking. So I started wondering if it might be something racist.

I would like to hear your opinion, and I would also like to know whether other Circassians from Russia dislike Circassians from Turkey as well.

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).

Did Georgians have bad handwriting?

I’ve literally had zero connection with circassians and never even heard of them, honestly. But then I had this dream where this girl with green eyes with french braided hair(?) stops me right as I’m about to enter a mountain. She asks me, 'Are you Circassian?' and I’m just like, 'Uh, no.' I didn't think much of it, but when I told a friend about it, it turns out shes actually Circassian. She mentioned it might be some character from Circassian mythology, from back before they converted to Islam. We dont talk anymore so i cant ask her. Where can I actually find info on Circassian myths?

(I know most Circassians are Muslim or Christian nowadays, but I figured there's gotta be some resources out there somewhere.)

(Sorry if my English is a bit off)

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.

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