Wedding customs in ancient Russia

Reprint from the publication. Tula, 1905. In the historical and ethnographic essay, Ostroumova N.I. The wedding traditions of Ancient Russia are examined in detail. In order to make a clear concept of the wedding customs of the ancestors, to explain the existence and development of customs in the later time, the author turns to the most distant time of the life of the Slavic people. The purpose of this essay is to consider the increasingly or less important customs that existed in the wedding everyday life in ancient Russia, indicate their origin, meaning and meaning, also indicate which of the wedding customs that have long existed among our ancestors have not lost before The present tense forces and significance in the everyday of the Russian people. Books are made according to the technology "Print on demand". Circulation 30 copies