REGIONAL ASPECTS OF SOLVING THE PROBLEM OF ORPHANHOOD IN THE NORTH CAUCASUS
Orphanhood has always existed and has been inherent in any society, any nation. The problem of orphanhood as a social phenomenon has a long history and has existed for as long as human society. But this problem is most relevant in those communities that are experiencing various social upheavals and cataclysms. It is a well-known fact that orphanhood is a sad result of military conflicts and radical reforms, which at all times caused a sharp aggravation of the problems of orphanhood. The relevance of the research topic is due to the large number of children who were left without the care of their relatives and remained in the care of the state. Now there is an increase in "social orphanhood", which is associated with the growth of socio-economic problems in the country, the deterioration of family living conditions, the decline in moral standards and a change in attitudes towards children, as a result of which the number of street children is growing. Social orphanhood is currently the result of the socio-economic and moral crisis in the country. Of course, in all regions of the country there are orphans, including social ones, there are orphanages and other boarding institutions. Despite the fact that at the Federal level, good benefits are paid to fully support the child, in general, in the Russian Federation, there is a tendency that citizens are not very willing to adopt abandoned children. In our minds, there is an opinion that the phenomenon of orphanhood does not exist in the North Caucasus. Such an erroneous positive view of the region has developed because the customs and traditions of our people, going back to ancient times, do not allow it. We will analyze how the North Caucasus is struggling with the problem of orphanhood and why, according to statistics, there are much fewer such children here than in other regions of the country, where this problem is more acute.