Under the Caucasus Sky: Mountain-Jewish Diaspora in Kabardino-Balkaria

The research problem is related to the identification of diasporic branches of the Jewish people, localized in various corners of the planet. The novelty of the presented article lies in the comprehensive analysis of the history, ethnoculture and current state of the Mountain-Jewish community in the city of Nalchik (KBR), whose age is estimated at two centuries. For this purpose, the work uses retrospective, comparative-historical, narrative and analytical research methods. Structurally, the article consists of two interconnected parts. The first part examines the history of the settlement and national adaptation of Mountain Jews in the new geocultural space. In the second part of the article, the authors, with methodological support from G.D. Gachev’s monograph “Mentalities of the Peoples of the World”, establish a series of cultural codes that have a transhistorical and vital character for Mountain Jews.