V knige rassmatrivayutsya vazhneyshie vekhi istorii kabardintsev i balkartsev s drevneyshego perioda do nachala XXI veka. Osoboe vnimanie udelyaetsya pervobytnoobshchinnomu periodu na Severnom Kavkaze i obrazovaniyu klassov i gosudarstv v krae. Otdel'nymi temami rassmatrivayutsya etnogenez adygov (cherkesov) i karachaevo-balkartsev, kotorye otlichayutsya drug ot druga po svoey yazykovoy prinadlezhnosti i vremeni ikh formirovaniya. V rabote rassmatrivayutsya voprosy vzaimootnosheniy adygov (cherkesov) s vostochnymi slavyanami, s Russkim gosudarstvom na razlichnykh etapakh istorii. Otdel'no issleduyutsya Kavkazskaya voyna i ee tragicheskie posledstviya dlya gortsev Severnogo Kavkaza i, prezhde vsego, adygov (cherkesov). V knige podrobno issleduetsya period sovetskogo rezhima v istorii kabardintsev i balkartsev. Osvyashchayutsya "plyusy" i "minusy" etogo rezhima. Raskryta tema Kabardino-Balkariya v gody Velikoy Otechestvennoy voyny 1941-1945 gg. i deportatsiya balkarskogo naroda. Issleduetsya noveyshaya istoriya Kabardino-Balkarii, ee uspekhi i problemy.