Academician Yu.A. Poliakov on the peculiarities of the integration process of the North Caucasus region into the Russian civilization space

Abstract

The article is devoted to the problem of studying the features of the integration processes of the North Caucasus region into the Russian civilizational space. This problem is reflected in the scientific heritage of the famous Russian scientist-historian, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Yuri Alexandrovich Polyakov. In the research of Yu. A. Polyakov, the essence of the concept of “civilization” is revealed, the specifics of the actual and controversial characteristics of civilization are analyzed, its criteria are determined in the context of the civilizational status of the North Caucasus. The fundamental provisions formulated by Yu. A. Polyakov on the general historical significance of the North Caucasus are particularly significant from a methodological point of view.