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<p>[QUOTE="IvaPan, post: 9433387, member: 78949"]I am no expert in styles, AJ is the real pro. Just to say that the word Caucasus is spelt in the old way before 1918 language reform in Russia.</p><p><br /></p><p>Caucasians are not Russians, they have different culture, language and some also alphabet (Georgians, Armenians), they were conquered and subdued by Russians long ago and since then there have been numerous armed conflicts, some countries like Georgia and Armenia were Soviet republics, now independent (at least formally but not so much actually) while Chechnya and Dagestan remained within the Russian federation, independence movements there were suppressed with utmost cruelty in 1990s 2000s. Now Kadyrov, pro-Russian ruler of Chechnya, continues the oppression.</p><p>All these can well justify the presence of kinzhal everywhere in Caucasian culture and habits.</p><p><br /></p><p>The second Chechnya war in 2000s was a showcase of the Russian style of preserving "The Russian world" - the entire Grozny was obliterated by heavy bombing, hundreds of thousands civilian deaths. Ukraine is not a precedent, it just the next in line. The only difference is that it is much bigger and more powerful.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="IvaPan, post: 9433387, member: 78949"]I am no expert in styles, AJ is the real pro. Just to say that the word Caucasus is spelt in the old way before 1918 language reform in Russia. Caucasians are not Russians, they have different culture, language and some also alphabet (Georgians, Armenians), they were conquered and subdued by Russians long ago and since then there have been numerous armed conflicts, some countries like Georgia and Armenia were Soviet republics, now independent (at least formally but not so much actually) while Chechnya and Dagestan remained within the Russian federation, independence movements there were suppressed with utmost cruelty in 1990s 2000s. Now Kadyrov, pro-Russian ruler of Chechnya, continues the oppression. All these can well justify the presence of kinzhal everywhere in Caucasian culture and habits. The second Chechnya war in 2000s was a showcase of the Russian style of preserving "The Russian world" - the entire Grozny was obliterated by heavy bombing, hundreds of thousands civilian deaths. Ukraine is not a precedent, it just the next in line. The only difference is that it is much bigger and more powerful.[/QUOTE]
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