Integration processes in the Kabardian (Nalchik) district as reflected in the newspaper «Caucasus» (1860–1910)

The article examines materials published in the newspaper Kavkaz, which reflect information about integration processes in the Kabardian (Nalchik) district. The topic is addressed in response to the work of Yu.M. Azikova, published in Kavkazologiya No. 2 for 2024, which is devoted to the study of the reflection in the pages of the main newspaper of the Caucasus region of aspects of the socio-spatial unity of Kabarda and Balkaria. The corpus of periodical press sources used in it does not seem to be sufficiently representative to reveal the stated topic. This article clarifies the substantive value of the materials from the Kavkaz newspaper that were mentioned but not properly interpreted, considering their informative potential, which illustrates the integrative functions of the Caucasian authorities and the joint self-government of the Kabardians and Balkarians. The proposed expansion of the range of newspaper materials used allows us to turn to the study of more diverse trends in public-state and inter-community interaction. The publications under consideration deepen and expand the possibilities for realizing the informational potential of the Kavkaz newspaper as an important source of periodicals on the processes of sociocultural integration in Kabardino (Nalchik District) in the second half of the 19th and early 20th centuries.