This year, the Festival of Culture and Sports of the Peoples of the Caucasus will take Chechnya

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This year the Chechen Republic will host the Festival of Culture and Sports of the Peoples of the Caucasus

According to the press service of the Ministry of the Russian Federation for the North Caucasus this year, the ninth traditional annual Festival of Culture and Sports of the Peoples of the Caucasus will be held in the Chechen Republic, namely in its very capital, Grozny.

The holding of various public events, especially sports, in Grozny has become a real tradition. Almost every year, the capital of Chechnya takes various championships and championships in judo, boxing, freestyle wrestling and other sports.

Club Judo Championship of Russia, Grozny, 2016 year. Source: https://judo.ru/
Club Judo Championship of Russia, Grozny, 2016 year. Source: https://judo.ru/

On June 8, the Ministry of North Caucasus Affairs, chaired by Odes Baysultanov, the First Deputy Minister of the Russian Federation for North Caucasus Affairs, held a meeting of the working group, at which issues of organizing and holding the annual Festival of Culture and Sports of the Peoples of the Caucasus were discussed. According to the press service of the ministry, the meeting was attended by
representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, Roskontsert and executive authorities of the subjects of the North Caucasus Federal District. Also, according to the press service, the final outcome of the meeting was the adoption of a general decision to hold this festival in 2018 in the Republic of Chechnya.

Last year, this festival took place in the fall - from September 30 to October 1 in the capital of North Ossetia - Vladikavkaz. It included competitions in athletics, tug of war, rope climbing, arm wrestling, belt wrestling, weight lifting and carrying it over a distance, powerlifting, mini-football and many other competitions. The creative part of the 2017 festival was represented by a rich cultural program, which included a demonstration of national farmsteads to the audience and participants of this event and performances by creative youth from the regions of the North Caucasus Federal District. Prize-winning places in the team competition of the last festival were distributed as follows: the team from North Ossetia deservedly took first place, the team from Dagestan deservedly took second place, and the team from Ingushetia took an honorable third place.

 

VIII Festival of Culture and Sports of the Peoples of the Caucasus 2017 of the year in Vladikavkaz. Photos are presented by the site http://vladikavkaz-osetia.ru/
VIII Festival of Culture and Sports of the Peoples of the Caucasus 2017 of the year in Vladikavkaz. Photos are presented by the site http://vladikavkaz-osetia.ru/

According to the press service, Odes Baysultanov noted the importance of expanding the borders of the Festival of Culture and Sports of the Peoples of the Caucasus. He suggested thinking about the possibility of calling to participate in the festival teams from neighboring countries, which would allow this event to adopt a broader international status.

Odes Baysultanov and Ramzan Kadyrov. The photo is presented by the site http://kavpolit.com/
Odes Baysultanov and Ramzan Kadyrov. The photo is presented by the site http://kavpolit.com/

Baysultanov also noted that the Chechen Republic had already built a developed sports infrastructure to hold the 2018 World Cup, and therefore there should be no problems with holding the festival.

Published by http://tass.ru

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