The article is devoted to the methods of socialization of the younger generations, which have been practiced in the North Caucasian pedagogical system for many centuries. At-tention is focused on the uniqueness of the system of public education, built on the symbiosis of family and social patronage, which includes the upbringing of the ideal of a perfect personality, which was presented as a harmonious combination of mental maturity, moral purity, aesthetic development, physical activity, work hardening. It is concluded that thanks to the folk wisdom of upbringing, based on traditions and customs, the North Caucasian peoples had a peculiar system of preparing young people for life, called "ethnopedagogy", which for many millennia has been developing methods of understanding the world around, therefore, to this day it is immortal means and methods in the socialization of the individual. This resource must be taken into account in the modern educational paradigm.
The article describes little-known materials for the study of the North Caucasian region by the Russian science. It is proved that the merit of Russian scientists was organized and thorough study of indigenous peoples under the direct influence of science. Their activities largely contributed to the establishment in the Russian society objective view of mountain ethnic groups, their history and culture. The author comes to the conclusion that due to the activity of Russian scientists began the study of their homeland by local educators, which was crucial for the development of the culture of the mountain people.
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