Conducted by Leon Davydov.  Arrangement by Shaposhnikov.
Recorded in 1952.

Ossetian Melody | Performed by the National Instrument Orchestra of the North Ossetian Radio

Tsoli gamididgulda | Georgian Folk Song | Recorded in 1910s.

Ya Mustafa; Nabiun | Ingush religious song | Recorded in 1910s

Sambi illi | Chechen Folk Song | Recorded in 1910s

Dodoy | Ossetian Folk Song | Recorded in 1910s

Beshto Dzhambot's Song (vored) | Kabardian (Circassian) Folk Song | Recorded in 1910s

By Abkhazian State Song And Dance Ensemble.

Three Friends | Abkhaz Folk Song | Recorded in 1959

Umar Dimayev  (October 1, 1908 – 1972) was a Chechen accordionist and folk musician. His sons, Ali, Valid, and Said, are professional Chechen musicians.

Umar Dimaev | Dance Of The Shepherd

Umar Dimayev (October 1, 1908 – 1972) was a Chechen accordionist and folk musician. His sons, Ali, Valid, and Said, are professional Chechen musicians.

Umar Dimaev | Ingush Dance Song

Umar Dimaev | Sad Melody

КАБАРДИНКА
Духовой оркестр Министерства
Вооруженных Сил СССР
под упр.
С.А. ЧЕРНЕЦКОГО

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Kabardinka - Islamey | People's Commissariat of Defence Orchestra |

Tevfik Esenç (1904 - October 7, 1992) was raised by his Ubykh-speaking grandparents for a time in the village of Haci Osman  in Turkey, and he served a term as the muhtar (mayor) of that village, before receiving a post in the civil service of Istanbul. There, he was able to do a great deal of work with the French linguist Georges Dumézil to help record his language.

He was the last person able to speak the language they called Ubykh.

Blessed with an excellent memory, and understanding quickly the goals of Dumézil and the other linguists who came to visit him, he was the primary source of not only the Ubykh language, but also of the mythology, culture and customs of the Ubykh people. He spoke not only Ubykh but Turkish and the Hakuchi dialect of Adyghe, allowing some comparative work to be done between the two languages. He was a purist, and his idiolect of Ubykh is considered by some as the closest thing to a standard "literary" Ubykh language that existed.

Esenç died in 1992 at the age of 88. The inscription that he wanted on his gravestone read as follows: This is the grave of Tevfik Esenç. He was the last person able to speak the language they called Ubykh.

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