Cultural chauvinism in Europe. The number of people who believe that their level of culture is higher than in other countries.
At the very top of the ranking:
Greece (89%)
Georgia (85%)
Armenia (84%)
Russia (69%)
Bulgaria (69%)
Bosnia (68%)
Romania (66%)
Serbia (65%)
Source:
Clothing and jewelry of women of Koban culture.
Reconstruction by Ossetian archaeologist and artist Batraz Tsogoev
Koban culture, archaeological culture in the Caucasus of the Late Bronze and Early Iron Ages (IX-VII centuries BC).
A procession on the day of remembrance and mourning for the sacrifices made by the peoples of the Caucasus in the Russian-Caucasian war is held annually on 21 May in Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria.
Georgian girls from Tiflis, a Kurdish horseman, a Persian and a Circassian, 1864.
Steel engraving by French artist Félix Emmanuel Philippoteaux (1815-1884)
Caucasian dagger made by Tiflis craftsmen with Damascus pattern and koftgari technique, 1840-1860s.
Source: Rivkin K.A. Arms and Armour of the Caucasus. USA 2015.
Nowruz celebrations in Baku. Azerbaijan SSR, 1980s.
Nowruz is the Iranian or Persian New Year celebrated by various ethnicities worldwide. It is a festival based on the Iranian calendar, on the spring equinox on or around 21 March on the Gregorian calendar.
Representatives of Georgian aristocracy hunting in the mountains of Svaneti. Early 20th century.
Konstantin Dadiani, far right, and Chikovani in the foreground.
11 May 1918, the day the Declaration of Independence of the Republic of the Union of Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus, better known as the Republic of North Caucasia