Transformation of modern Adyghe family in the context of world globalism

The article analyzes the institutional causes of the transformation of modern Adyghe family in the context of global changes in the system of family and gender challenges of the first half of the 21st century. In particular, the reasons for the sharp increase in the number of divorces in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic are considered as an important indicator of the crisis of the nuclear family, based on the current scientific corpus, statistical data, publications in the media, reports of informants from among the students of the North Caucasus State Institute of Arts, where the author of the article teaches. The relevance of the article is due to the serious scientific interest of a large circle of specialists in the problem of the loss of stable intergender ties in the local field of family values of the Adyghe, contributing to the preservation of customs and traditions developed over centuries.