Nazir MANKIEV

Greco-Roman wrestling.

Nazir won the first for Russia gold medal Beijing. In the final, the Ingush wrestler in a difficult duel was able to defeat the inconvenient opponent of the Azerbaijani Rovshan Bayramov. According to Alexander Karelin, Mankiev's wrestling became an adornment Olympic tournament... Nazir's victory is all the more significant because the highest standard medals in this weight category Russia has not had it since the 1980 Olympics in Moscow. For the victory, Mankiev will receive $ 500,000 in prize money from billionaire Suleiman Kerimov, apartments in Magas from the President of Ingushetia Murat Zyazikov and Krasnoyarsk from the local administration.

Islambek ALBIEV

Greco-Roman wrestling.

Islambek became the youngest Olympic champion in the history of Greco-Roman wrestling. He was not even 20 years old, but Alexander Karelin himself noted the struggle of Albiev, calling it "beautiful and recognizable." Islambek will receive $ 500,000 in prize money from the Federation for the victory wrestling Russia and Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov. In addition, Kadyrov conferred the title of Honorary Citizen of the Chechen Republic on Albiev and presented him with a four-room apartment in Grozny.

Buvaysar SAITIEV

Freestyle wrestling.

Buvaysar Saytiev became the first in history after legendary Alexander Medveda is a three-time Olympic champion in freestyle wrestling. For this unique achievement Olympic Committee Russia will petition the president to confer the title of Hero of Russia on the Chechen fighter. In the meantime, Saitiev returned to Grozny, where he and Islambek Albiev were greeted as national heroes. At the local airport, and then at the stadium where the celebration took place, thousands of people gathered, vigorously celebrating the success of their fellow countrymen. The President of Chechnya presented Saitiev with a four-room apartment in Grozny, half a million dollars and awarded the title of Honorary Citizen of the Chechen Republic.

Aslanbek HUSHTOV

Greco-Roman wrestling.

He brought Russia the third gold medal of the Olympics, winning the final against the German Englich in a brilliant style. This is the debut Olympics for the 28-year-old native of Nalchik. Khushtov connects his success with the birth of his daughter Salima. After her birth, Khushtov did not lose a single fight. Now Aslambek is resting at home in Terek and together with his family decides where to spend half a million dollars in prize money. Upon returning to Krasnoyarsk Khushtova, the local authorities promise to donate an apartment.

Rakhim CHAKHKIEV

He won the first gold medal for our country in the boxing ring. Chakhkiev's victory came as a surprise - on the eve of the Olympics, few believed that Rakhim would be able to win a gold medal. But Chakhkiev showed perfect boxing, becoming the first in Russian history Olympic champion in weight up to 91 kg. For his shock work, Chakhkiev, in addition to the Olympic prize money (100 thousand euros), will receive an apartment in Magas from the President of Ingushetia.

Aida SHANAEVA

"Gold" in team competition

Shanaeva won the first "gold" of the Olympics for herself and her republic in this sport. True, in the individual championship Aida lost to the experienced Olympic champion from Italy to Giovanne Trillini. The military conflict in South Ossetia prevented me from getting ready for a duel with the Italian Shanaeva. There she had relatives, for whom she was very worried. But in the team competition she managed to pull herself together and win the "gold".

Maria ABAKUMOVA

Athletics (javelin throw)

The performance of the Stavropol javelin thrower was called sensational by the coaches of the national team, although before the start of the Games they predicted a maximum “bronze” for her. Masha broke her personal record three times, set new record Russia and was a minute away from the "gold". Only in the last attempt was the world record holder Barbora Shpotakova bypassed. But second place is also an outstanding achievement of the Stavropol school. athletics... Our last medal in this sport was eight years ago. In addition to the Olympic prize money -

60 thousand euros - Masha should receive a monetary reward from the Stavropol Sports Committee. According to the law, she is entitled to 480 thousand rubles, but only if she has a Stavropol registration. In the meantime, Masha lives in Krasnodar, most likely, they will not give her money.

Hasan BAROEV

Greco-Roman wrestling.

Unfortunately for the whole of North Ossetia, the wrestler Khasan Baroev could not become a two-time Olympic champion. Our heavyweight won a silver medal in Beijing for the national team, losing in the final of the Olympic tournament in Greco-Roman wrestling to his eternal rival Cuban Lopez. The Baroev Silver Medal was the last award of the "classics" in Beijing and brought disappointment to its owner. After the fight, Baroev did not hide his frustration and complained about the new rules of the fight, which he did not have time to get used to. But the second place of the Russian super heavyweight is a worthy contribution to the country's Olympic treasury. And 60 thousand euros in prize money will serve Baroev, albeit weak, but still a consolation.

Khadzhimurat AKKAEV

Weightlifting

The silver medalist of the Athens Olympics Khadzhimurat Akkaev in Beijing was content with only a bronze medal, but this result, after a two-year doping disqualification, should be considered successful. Akkaev did not reach the "silver" only kilogram, and many, including the athlete himself, attributed his failure to the error of the coaches. They sent Akkaev to group "B" and thereby excluded him from the real struggle, forcing him to compete in absentia. Nevertheless, Akkaev returned to his homeland as a winner and a hero. For Kabardino-Balkaria, not spoiled by Olympic medals, even a “bronze” is worth its weight in gold. By the way, the Russian Olympic Committee will pay 40 thousand euros to Akkaev for the bronze medal. How the local authorities will encourage the athlete will be decided after August 30.

Besik KUDUKHOV

Freestyle wrestling

The 2007 European and World Champion, a pupil of the Vladikavkaz Wrestling School, Besik Kudukhov, won the bronze medal of the Olympics, which was terribly upset, saying that this was not his medal and he was only going for the "gold". According to Kudukhov, in the semifinals he was let down by excessive self-confidence and now he is embarrassed to return to North Ossetia, where there are many champion wrestlers, with a bronze medal. Besik is determined to win the London Olympics. In the meantime, it will gain weight - in the figurative and literal sense of the word. Kudukhov is going to move to the 60 kg weight category and continue the victorious path.

An interesting picture emerges - against the background of a shortage of gold Olympic medals in the Russian national team, Russian society is very coolly happy for the successes of the wrestlers of Caucasian origin. Double feelings prevail - like the fellows are sportsmen, but there seems to be no joy. Rather fears ... Do not think that I have sucked this topic out of my finger. It really is. And in my social circle and recently there was a transfer on the RSN. Let's talk about it and we (c) ...

Well, first of all, who rejoices wholeheartedly and the maximum victories of the Caucasian wrestlers? Well, the pepper is clear, the fighters themselves, their families, clans, the Caucasus and ... that's all. There are, of course, exceptions (and even very wide :), where without them. But the problem is obvious, the main part of Russian society reacts very coolly to victories. And for good reason. As I reflected on this, I drew a perilous parallel. Imagine those damned 90s. An ordinary person lives for himself between the reforms of Chubais, barely has time to earn money to be eaten up by inflation immediately, there are no special prospects. And nearby thugs thrive with a sporting past, if not the present. They can do it all. The power of fists and pleasant facial features with a twisted nose and crumpled ears, broken fists - all this affects the layman so much that they don't really need a weapon for their "exploits". They need more weapons for a showdown with their own - when dividing a clearing. These tough guys are really great athletes. But what joy is it to ordinary citizens? Yes, no. By the way, according to PERSONAL EXPERIENCE 90s - almost all the athletes I knew took part in criminals in one way or another. And this is understandable. This is logical. Where else will a person go, whose only resource is strong fists, and the possibilities for self-realization in society are low? Either in the security forces or in the crime. This is true for the vast majority of cases.

This is about the same thing happening now. In the Caucasus, power and martial arts... No one wants to practice pole vaulting, and even swimming is not held in high esteem - although there is a sea nearby! No - to them fighting techniques give it! All those who are in business and in draft age are intensively pumping everything they can under the guidance of sensei. In fact, this is one of the very few ways to break out into the people in the Caucasus today. Will not work in professional sports- welcome to the numerous armies of local princelings, guards, or even just a criminal element that lives in the Caucasus, and often works much further north ... Well, what emotions should a law-abiding citizen of Russia feel when he sees another well-trained fighter, who serves his master like a faithful dog, but sleeps and sees himself in order to become another prince himself? Only fears. Money, fame and honor fall on well-performing fighters. And what is a little-known Caucasian with strong fists and a torso doing yesterday? Goes to Moscow. The family, simply not indifferent to the success in the struggle, the clans will pump him up with money and .. Wellcome to the capital! And now another Porsche Panamera, Maserati or Ferrari is driving around Moscow in which a guy with strong fists sits full of pride and vanity towards those around him. This is how it usually turns out. At least this is how Russian society sees it. And this, of course, cannot please any of the normal people.

MKAD. Two Porsche Panameras with the number region 95 (Chechnya) KRA - apparently the coolest series there, because is an abbreviation of Ramzan Akhmatovich Kadyrov

Meanwhile, in central Russia, the governor of the Kaluga region Anatoly Artamonov made a sensational statement that freestyle wrestling fosters aggression in people, therefore it is necessary to develop table tennis, volleyball and generally playing sports.

- Look, - exclaimed the governor, - Russia is ahead only in this fight, and does not develop other kinds of sports.
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Many have regarded this statement, as a ban on Russians to engage in wrestling. Naturally, this is not what the governor had in mind. His thoughts on the whole are correct. Only you need to project them not on Kaluga region, and on Russia as a whole, as well as actively change the existing imbalance in the development of martial arts to the detriment of game types sports. For the Caucasus, that imbalance is obvious! However, Artamonov also focused attention on the Caucasians ... however, to deprive the Russians of the opportunity to study wrestling while studying it more closely in the Caucasus ... it smacks of a conspiracy. I understand that the governor is pursuing small-local goals, but the question is, in fact, an acute one. No wonder, in the USSR, many martial arts were banned for free study. This is certainly overkill, but what is boxing, karate or wrestling? This is a WEAPON! And of course it is very, very dangerous to pump adolescents, especially from disadvantaged families, to the 80th level of skill. Not all trainers are wise sensei who can instill in every cell of a fighter's consciousness that his skills are only for defense and defense. Moreover - as a rule, everything happens the other way around - a complex of superiority over others develops, supported by a sickly physical fitness... These are themselves with various consequences.

What I see today in Russia I do not like. In the Caucasus, a territory closed from the whole of Russia is gradually emerging with not sickly funding, which only in Chechnya bears visible results (and it seems that the superiority of the Kadyrov clan is so great there that there are no other serious forces + more funding). Local residents nowhere to find a decent job - they bring them to Russia. Young people are pumped into power martial arts in droves. And who do we get as a result? People who yearn for a place in the sun, brought up in the cult of their clan and disdain for the rest, who know little in life except how to fight well ... who considers only one thing for themselves - their tribal customs with the veil of Islam draped over them. They are not guided by Islam, but, on the contrary, look for everything in the Koran to justify their customs. And I must say that religion is such a thing that you can find everything there if you want to ... What is in Islam, what is in Christianity ... What can this lead to? Well, here's what we see in Russia:

Today, by the will of fate, it turned out in the evening near the Kuzminki metro station. I must say that I live more in the center .. but then it skidded. I got out of the car to buy cigarettes. It's tough! There are only non-Russians around! Russian speech is not heard AT ALL, only Caucasian and Arabic, occasionally diluted with French from some spree RussoAfricans. Many are quite aggressive. They cling to their eyes, rub something against each other. Moreover, a dope of people with beards of the type of Wakhabist, who ATTENTION rub something with Arabs and Negroes !!! They consider THEM even closer than Russians! The point of contact is clear - rubbing on Islamic themes ... In general, it's not bad that I myself am brown-eyed and with dark-brown hair, in the dark, especially racial "imperfection" was not visible, but people with a purely Slavic appearance really need to be careful there. In general, everything has changed a lot there. Naturally, there was not 5th Avenue before, but this was not the case. I lived in that area about 10 years ago, so I can say it for sure. Well, and especially "happy" that in the field of view of ANY POLICE OFFICER. Although the situation there, frankly ... sparks with hostility.

What is happening in Russia and Moscow- IMPOSSIBLE. The authorities and the corrupt police are to blame for this. Corruption and slovenliness leads our country to huge problems. Moreover, the authorities, not wanting to restore order by LEGAL means, for obvious reasons began to cultivate the ROC, apparently hoping that the Black Hundreds are better than the Mujahideen. I do not argue, as a Russian, even the most terry Black Hundred is closer to me than a moderate Mujahid. Governor Tkachev (to say the least) for the federal state statements. WHY solve these problems THIS way? It’s not too late to set everything up with ordinary police measures !!! But very soon it will be too late. We have come to the last line. Power demonstrates inability or unwillingness to solve serious problems, which are very fast pace from criminal to national and inter-confessional ... Thanks to Putin for this. After all, he lifted everything from his knees ...

To all the scoundrels who have me will be accused of incitement to declare bluntly. All nationalities are nice to me. According to D.Yu. aka Goblin - I hate everyone equally :) But there are gross violations of the natural course of migration and assimilation of newcomers. It's not about nationality! In Russia, Russians have a completely normal attitude towards everyone. Until they start behaving like masters in our house. Who might like this? Nobody! That is why I am not particularly pleased with the successes of the wrestlers from the Caucasus at the Olympics. I am afraid that their skills might turn against us. Today's medalists may be wonderful guys - I don't know them and I can't say anything. In appearance, they look adequate. But imagining the mass from which they got out ... I am horrified.

I recommend it for study. Despite the fact that all Caucasians are IN GENERAL less than the population of Moscow alone ... Interesting proportions in power types of struggle, their share is from 50% MINIMUM. In non-power, 0% is almost everywhere, with very rare exceptions. What conclusions can be drawn? Where are these "very good schools" of St. Petersburg, Ryazan, Tyumen? Why do Caucasians only practice martial arts? But this is just the tip of the iceberg. Behind each champion are thousands of less skilled wrestlers. But for sports of high achievements, they are less skillful, for ordinary life - they are all super fighters.

BOXING
Hayrapetyan David Valerievich ZMS 09/26/1983
Aloyan Misha Surenovich ZMS 08/23/1988
Beterbiev Artur Asilbekovich ZMS 01/21/1985
Vodopyanov Sergey Vladimirovich ZMS 09/20/1987
Zamkovoy Andrey Viktorovich MSMK 07/04/1987
Mekhontsev Egor Leonidovich ZMS 11/14/1984
Omarov Magomed Shakhbanovich MSMK 10/06/1989
~ 60% of Caucasians

FREESTYLE WRESTLING
Gadisov Abdusalam Mamatkhanovich MSMK 03/26/1989
Gogaev Alan Kazbekovich MS 08.03.1990
Kudukhov Besik Serodinovich ZMS 08/15/1986
Makhov Bilyal Valerievich ZMS 09/20/1987
Otarsultanov Jamal Sultanovich MSMK 04/14/1987
Urishev Anzor Suadinovich MSMK 01/23/1987
Tsargush Denis Igorievich ZMS 09/01/1987
~ 70% of Caucasians

GRECO-ROMAN WRESTLING
Baroev Khasan Makharbekovich ZMS 12/01/1982
Vlasov Roman Andreevich MS 10/06/1990
Kuramagomedov Zaur Ismatulaevich MSMK 03/30/1988
Semenov Mingiyan Arturovich MS 11.06.1990
Totrov Rustam Stanislavovich MS 07/15/1984
Khugaev Alan Anatolievich MS 04/27/1989
~ 70% of Caucasians

JUDO
Galstyan Arsen Zhoraevich MSMK 02/19/1989
Denisov Kirill Georgievich MC 01/25/1988
Isaev Mansur Mustafayevich MSMK 09/23/1986
Mikhailin Alexander Vyacheslavovich ZMS 18.08.1979
Mogushkov Musa Khozh-Akhmatovich MS 02/06/1988
Nifontov Ivan Vitalievich MSMK 06/05/1987
Khaibulaev Tagir Kamaludinovich MSMK 07/24/1984
~ 50% Caucasians

And here are the rest of the sports:

ROWING IN KAYARKS
Vasiliev Anton Alexandrovich MSMK 10/13/1983
Dyachenko Alexander Igorevich MSMK 01/24/1990
Zhestkov Oleg Alexandrovich MSMK 01/20/1987
Korovashkov Alexey Igorevich MSMK 04/01/1992
Medvedev Ilya Leonidovich MSMK 11/18/1983
Nikolaev Pavel Sergeevich MSMK 11/14/1984
Pervukhin Ilya Alekseevich MS 06.07.1991
Tony Yuri Viktorovich MS 08/31/1988
Ryakhov Anton Petrovich ZMS 05/29/1980
Salakhov Evgeny Alexandrovich MSMK 01/25/1979
Shtokalov Ilya Anatolievich MSMK 09/01/1986
Shtyl Ivan Alexandrovich MSMK 06/08/1986
0% Caucasians

TABLE TENNIS
Skachkov Kirill Sergeevich MSMK 08/06/1987
Smirnov Alexey Grigorievich MSMK 10/09/1977
Shibaev Alexander Igorevich MSMK 09.09.1990
0% Caucasians

SWIMMING
Anchin Anton Pavlovich MSMK 01/30/1990
Vyatchanin Arkady Arkadievich ZMS 04/04/1984
Grechin Andrey Vladimirovich ZMS 10/21/1987
Degtyarev Egor Andreevich MSMK 02/25/1992
Izotov Danila Sergeevich ZMS 02.10.1991
Korotyshkin Evgeny Evgenievich ZMS 04/30/1983
Lagunov Evgeny Alexandrovich ZMS 12/14/1985
Lobintsev Nikita Konstantinovich ZMS 11/21/1988
Lobuzov Artyom Yurievich MSMK 01/24/1991
Morozov Vladimir Viktorovich MSMK 16.06.1992
Polishchuk Mikhail Mikhailovich ZMS 01/10/1989
Sinkevich Vyacheslav Igorevich MSMK 11/29/1991
Skvortsov Nikolay Valerievich ZMS 03/28/1984
Sludnov Roman Andreevich ZMS 02/24/1980
Sukhorukov Alexander Nikolaevich ZMS 02/22/1988
Tikhonov Alexander Andreevich MSMK 05/04/1988
Fesikov Sergey Vasilievich ZMS 01/21/1989
0% Caucasians

Cycling
Isaichev Vladimir Evgenievich MS 04/21/1986
Kolobnev Alexander Vasilievich MSMK 05/04/1981
Menshov Denis Nikolaevich MSMK 01/25/1978
0% Caucasians

Naturally, these are not lists for lustrations :) These guys lustrate whoever you want :)) And again, ee claims are not against these apparently worthy people who defend the honor of Russia at the Olympics. I draw your attention to the fact that there has been a clear imbalance on the scale of Russia. The best of the best got into the Russian national team, and how many are left behind? What is the evidence of the picture in the list of participants in the Olympics? That power sports predominate in the Caucasus. For the most part, until the Caucasus is diligently rowing on kayaks, jumping with a pole, spinning the pedals and playing ping-pong ..., there they LEARN martial arts en masse! As they say, dual-use skills ... For one Olympic champion from the Caucasus, there are thousands of well-trained fighters with a lower level of skill (but quite enough for ordinary life to feel like a superman). It is quite obvious that in the Caucasus there are problems with work and other ways of self-realization. Where will these fighters go? That is why I am very worried about the victories of Caucasian athletes in strength sports ...

I don't consider this a conspiracy theory, get it right. This is a complete neglect of the authorities in the national question, the balanced development of sports, etc. But this situation cannot but give very bad consequences. This is an objective trend. Not Caucasians are the reason here, but the situation. In an economically depressed area, in which all sorts of Wakhabite movements roam, there are a lot of athletes with fighting skills. Well, here you have to be an idiot not to understand how it will end. Everywhere. If there was such a situation in Ryazan, it would be the same there. But at the moment it is in the Caucasus.

The past Summer Olympic Games in Beijing became the most significant event for the North Caucasus in 2008 (of course, not counting the five-day war between Georgia and South Ossetia, which began on the opening day of the Olympics).

People from the Caucasus, which seems to be, at least formally, Russian, since the collapse of the great and indestructible Union, have firmly and, it seems, received the LKN label for a long time and wear it as their cross. According to the touchingly impartial stories of federal media, especially TV, over the past 20 years, any average Russian, including children and adolescents, knows that:

Most crimes in Moscow and large cities of Russia are committed by immigrants, mainly from the North Caucasus;
- it is they who have filled and littered the capital;
- it is they who pose a potential danger to the purity of the Russian race ...
Etc., etc., in a word, persons of Caucasian nationality are extremely harmful to Russia.

But it is these children of the mountains, who are indifferent to perseverance, dedication and professionalism, have actually proven that they are above all this. They defended the sporting honor of Russia and won seven out of twenty-three gold medals for the Russian national team at the Beijing Olympics.

On the eve of summer Olympic Games 2012 in London, Russian officials are trying to analyze serious miscalculations in the performance of the Russian national team in Vancouver, where, of course, athletes from the Caucasus were not represented, because there, due to climatic conditions, winter Games not particularly popular. Dagestan, Chechnya, Ingushetia, Ossetia, Kabardino-Balkaria have always been leaders in power sports.

What is the current situation with the preparation of athletes from Kabardino-Balkaria for the Olympic Games? We are talking about this with the Minister of Sports and Tourism of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic Afaunov Aslan Martynovich.

DR

I will be responsible for Kabardino-Balkaria. All over Russia I have no idea what is going on. To be honest, I can imagine, but I would not like to discuss. In Kabardino-Balkaria, we have defined 4 support sports, which bring results all the time, where our guys achieve the greatest success: this is free-style and Greco-Roman wrestling, judo and weightlifting. As of today, we have 20 people in these sports - the circle of applicants for participation in the Olympic Games has been determined. Out of 20 people preparing for the Olympic Games, we expect that the national team will include at least 5-6 people in these four sports. And today, we provide everything we can to ensure that these people prepare thoroughly for the Olympic Games.

RFI: Who is the contender to travel to the Olympic Games?

Aslambek Khushtov really claims in Greco-Roman wrestling, Olympic champion Beijing. He prepares very seriously. I think that Zaur Kuramagomedov will really qualify for participation in the Olympic Games as a member of the Russian national team. Kazbek Kilov will play for Belarus. And we expect that two more guys - Zaur Karezhev and Oleg Shokalov - can get into the Russian national team in the weight category up to 84 kg. In freestyle wrestling, this is undoubtedly the three-time world champion Bilyal Makhov. In the weight category up to 84 kg, Anzor Urishev has a great chance, and also in the weight category up to 74 kg, we are considering very seriously the candidacy of Aniuar Giduev.

RFI: Do you have any obstacles in the formation of your candidates for the Russian national team?

You know you won't believe it, but absolutely not. If, of course, the guys perform on the same level with representatives of other regions, then, perhaps, some questions will arise. But usually our guys perform better by one head, and we have special problems no. And in weightlifting, we have two guys also preparing. We are counting on the experienced Khadzhimurat Akkaev and the young Eduard Mezhgikhov. And in judo we have several candidates: Beslan Mudranov, Alim Gadanov, Murat Khabachirov, Aslan Kambiev and Murat Kodzokov. 5 people are also really applying for participation in the Olympic Games.

DR

RFI: Does the material base of Kabardino-Balkaria help to train athletes at the level required for Olympic champions?

Undoubtedly. We have a good material base. All these guys, about whom I just told you - all are preparing in Kabardino-Balkaria. Except only Bilyal Makhova. Since they spend most of their time at the training camp, especially since we have an excellent base in the Elbrus area for stationary training of our athletes in mid-altitude conditions at an altitude of 1800 m - we have a great sports complex... Therefore, our guys have all the conditions. Yes, maybe medicine is a little late, but, nevertheless, we are ready to show what we are capable of at the Olympic Games.

RFI: Aslan Martynovich, a question that cannot be ignored - it is not news to you that a high-profile crime has taken place in Dagestan. On the evening of December 3, unidentified criminals shot dead the vice-president of the Dagestan Judo Federation, Dzhabrail Barkalaev, in a park in Makhachkala, not far from the stadium. Could this crime be related to his sports activities?

In particular, as regards the vice-president of the Judo Federation of Dagestan ... We know that there are problems in the North Caucasus and are not going to keep silent. This problem is quite serious and we are trying to influence this situation. We try to create conditions for the development of sports, we try to provide people who want to go in for sports, all conditions. In addition, the secret services of foreign states are certainly working here. There is serious funding here, serious recharge. I think that sooner or later, we will get out of this situation. I would not want a civil war to start, and people living in the Caucasus are fighting each other. Due to the fact that a person wears one uniform and the other another - this is not a reason to kill each other. We try to explain, explain, but the situation is quite serious.

RFI: By analogy with the 90s, when athletes were involved in crime and racketeering, today the caste of athletes is becoming a deadly shock force in the Caucasus. I will give only a few facts with a tragic outcome, where not amateur athletes appear, but European champions, World champions :

DR

in March 2009, martial arts master Muslim Uchakaev was killed in Makhachkala.
In April 2009 in Ingushetia, FSB officers shot a 21-year-old high-class athlete Adam Aushev, who was accused of involvement in illegal armed groups.
Artur Duzgaev - freestyle wrestler, champion of Azerbaijan was killed while providing armed resistance to the FSB of Russia.
Nariman Satiev - 19 years old, three-time world champion in Muay Thai, was killed during a special operation in the Khasavyurt district of Dagestan.

DR

World champion combat sambo Murat Ristov - killed in May 2009 during a special operation against militants.

This youth, who achieved the highest sporting victories, was a national pride. They went out on the warpath. What could have them, or who could have brought them there?

This is a question to which we do not have an answer today. This is the question we all think about. This is the tragedy of our people, and not only of Kabardino-Balkaria - of all the peoples of the North Caucasus. This is our common tragedy. And the sooner we understand that each person has the right to live as he sees it, and each person will answer for his sins himself, until we understand this ... There is no need to impose anything on anyone. There is no need to impose a lifestyle, a way of thinking on anyone.

RFI: What could have caused these very successful guys to take the path of confrontation?

This is very hard question, and so, on the move ...

RFI: Let's try to think. You are in charge of these young people.

I am responsible for these young people who live and train in Kabardino-Balkaria. In each specific case, how they get into this situation - it is necessary to know the history, to know these people. I know these people only by sports performances, sporting achievements... I can speculate, guess. I do not want to hurt the feelings of those relatives, those living children-friends, relatives. I don't know ... I can't judge.

RFI: Realizing perfectly well that they sided with the confrontation, we must all look for a way out together.

We must look for a way out of the situation. No one is allowed to shoot and take the lives of people, no matter which side a person fights on.

Caucasians are strong, and it is difficult to disagree with this. They are more characterized by brute strength and aggression than others. Perhaps that is why Caucasians are predisposed to combat sports more than, for example, Russians and many other peoples. Why is that? After all, science has long proved that a person's physical abilities do not depend on his nationality. Let's try to figure it out.

Geography

The Caucasus is a predominantly mountainous region, with clean air and natural products. Life in the mountains is many times more difficult than on the plain. In addition, the infrastructure in the Caucasus is poorly developed. But in order to survive in these difficult mountain conditions, you have to do everything on your own. Naturally, this allows Caucasians to be in better physical shape.

History

The history of the Caucasus is the history of continuous wars. Throughout history, the territory of the Caucasus has served as an arena for the struggle of the leading world powers. The Caucasians themselves also often found themselves drawn into these conflicts. History knows many cases when a small number of highlanders crushed the many times superior enemy forces. Since such wars often occur, the people involuntarily become warlike. In such conditions, a special "hot" mentality of the Caucasians has developed, recognizing only brute strength and despising weakness in all its manifestations.

Economy

Unemployment in the Caucasus is higher than in other regions of the country, so young people without exception go to sports, hoping to find their place in the sun. Because of high level youth unemployment simply has nothing to do, so many devote all their time to sports. Sport for them is the only chance to achieve something in life. After all, many Caucasian athletes, after completing their careers, successfully find themselves in politics and business.

Combat sports in the Caucasus are also popular because of their availability, as opposed to, for example, the same football or hockey. At every corner there are various sections martial arts, where training is conducted in almost Spartan conditions. This pleasure is quite cheap, so only the worst parent does not give his child there.

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At the Freestyle Wrestling World Cup held in Iran on February 17 Russian team in the final classification took 5th place among 8 world teams. Almost all the athletes representing Russia in this competition are from the North Caucasus. The composition of the national team of our country in Greco-Roman wrestling has the same national tendency.

This dominance is largely due to the fact that the national struggle in the North Caucasus is not just a centuries-old tradition, but part of the way of life of the peoples living there.

"Tutush", "bane" and "chidaoba"

Boys in the Caucasus started wrestling at the age of seven or eight. In many villages there were special grounds where young wrestlers competed in strength and dexterity. In these fights, character traits characteristic of Caucasians and appreciated by them were developed - contempt for pain and fear, composure, cunning and ingenuity. Crying was despised when an older and stronger boy challenged a younger one, this was considered a great shame. In general terms, the national struggle had two forms - when you yourself had to stand on your feet, and lay the enemy on the ground - either on his stomach or "on his shoulder blades." In the first case, they fought with their hands, it was not allowed to grab the head and legs. You could grab the opponent's hand with both hands, throwing him over yourself. The second variant of the fight was reduced to the capture of the opponent with both hands (such a forceful "hug"), the hands on the back were interlocked with a "lock". It was allowed to use a belt or grab the floor of clothing. Similar martial arts were encountered on the territory of the entire Caucasus - among the Circassians it was a "bane" wrestling, among the Georgians - "chidaoba", among the Karachais - "tutush". The Russians called it "in the fight."

It all started with Kazbek-Gora

The North Ossetian wrestler Temirbolat Kanukov can be considered the first professional who became famous in the late 19th - early 20th centuries outside his homeland. The giant, nicknamed "Kazbek-Gora", was born into an ordinary family and learned hard physical labor from childhood. If not for the circus managers who accidentally drew attention to the giant, he would have remained in his village of Koban. However, his circus career made Bolu, more than two meters tall, famous - he won international competitions defeating titled wrestlers. Honoring national traditions, Kanukov always wrestled in clothes.

Rasul Gamzatov and the strong man Osman

The most famous Dagestan poet and prose writer Rasul Gamzatov, in his book "My Dagestan", described the story of another "mountain man", a famous circus and film actor, strongman and wrestler, Avar Osman Abdurakhmanov. Visiting scientists have a car stuck in a mountain stream. They fiddled for a long time, unsuccessfully trying to pull out the car. Osman, meanwhile, watched what was happening from the roof of his sakli. Then he approached, took the car like an insect, and carried it to a dry place. Astonished scientists mistook the huge Avar for Bigfoot. Osman answered them that the highlanders were created from fire, not from snow, otherwise he would not have pulled out the car. And he laughed so hard at his joke that the guests almost went deaf.

The heyday of professional wrestling

Since the beginning of the 50s of the twentieth century, professional freestyle wrestling began to develop in the USSR. Even then, the official point of view was established that Caucasian athletes were out of competition in this sport: those who came from places where a similar national wrestling had been cultivated for centuries did not need to comprehend its basics. Quite soon, fighters from the North Caucasus began to win all imaginable awards at the world championships. and the Olympics, they became the elite of Soviet sports and enjoyed all the relevant benefits of that time - they dressed expensively, had good cars, and could travel abroad. Good schools appeared in the USSR, where boys and girls were taught the basics of freestyle wrestling, judo and sambo. The state did not spare money for sports, and this childhood hobby subsequently gave many a start in life.

The crisis in the "dashing 90s"

With the collapse of the USSR, the Soviet training system collapsed. professional athletes... In addition, war flared up in the North Caucasus. Many fighters went to crime or became members of radical jamaats. Some of them, like, for example, Sagid Murtazaliev, the former head of the Dagestan branch of the Pension Fund of Russia and a titled freestyle wrestler, are still on the wanted list. Honored Master of Sports of Russia, Sagid Magomedovich, now accused of organizing murders and financing terrorism, was Olympic champion, world champion, European and Russian champion, had many other sports titles ...

They are back in the ranks

Modern Russian sport is undergoing a rebirth, and Caucasians play an important role in this process. They are applauded by the best venues in the world - freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling, sambo and judo, classical and Thai boxing, other martial arts - everywhere they achieve high results. Moreover, the ascent to the pedestal of the winners of European and world championships often begins with conquering the heights of a regional scale - in every provincial city that has a good wrestling school, there will certainly be leaders of a non-Slavic nationality, whose families, for one reason or another, have moved to permanent residence from the North Caucasian region. ...