The presented work is devoted to the phenomenon of ritual damage to metal objects of the Bronze-Early Iron Age in Georgia, which were found in the burials and hoards. According to the authors, the homogeneity of the types of damaged objects found in the burials and hoards should indicate the deliberate damage of metal products before they were placed in the ground, which should have had a certain ritual purpose.

n the 17^th century, selling people as slaves abroad was widespread in Georgia and throughout the Caucasus. This grave event had its deep political, economic and social preconditions.

This article is devoted to the history of Abkhazia and Samachablo in the XX-XXI centuries. Abkhaz-Georgian existed long before the arrival of the Russian Empire in the region. After the eviction of many Abkhazians to the Ottoman Empire, the deserted lands of Abkhazia were settled by Georgians.

The article is devoted to interethnic relations in the North Caucasus in the second half of the 20^th century. - at the beginning of the 21^th century. The calmest regions of the North Caucasus were Karachay-Cherkessia and Kabardino-Balkaria. There was rivalry between the Karachais and the Circassians, but it never grew into a war.