The traditions of the Russian wedding

The wedding ceremony is one of the most important in human life. Each nation has its own rituals and customs related to the wedding, for example, such as matchmaking, girlish, wedding, etc. Russian historians and ethnographers, the works of which are presented in this publication (N.I. Kostomarov, I.P. Sakharov, M.M. Zvtin, A.V. Tereshchenko, V.I. Dahl), described in detail the wedding rites that existed on Russia both in noble and eminent families (kings, princes, boyars), and in the common people, thus preserving these unique traditions for descendants. In this collection, various sides of the Russian wedding rites of the XVI-XIX centuries are revealed. Wedding songs, grandeur, as well as signs, conspiracies, proverbs and sayings related to the wedding, will fully plunge into the life of the Russian people. Descriptions of wedding ceremonies made by famous researchers have an inexplicable charm, close to the heart of everyone, in whom love for the fatherland and beliefs of our ancestors is alive