History, Archaeology, Ethnography
The institute of fosterage was widely spraed in the Caucasus. It was existed in the beginning of the XX-th century exectly in Georgia, Chercezia, Kabardia, Ossetia, Karachai. The baby was given as a foster-child to the other family. Where he (she) stayed for several years. Each Caucasian nations had different customs and traditions of fostering the children and their coming back to the fould (native hause). These tradition was very important in the Caucasus reality.
Iv. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University