The Single Muzhik At Any Age Was Called

The single muzhik at any age was called as "small". It is natural that on number of marriages Russia was on the first place in Europe and marriages in it were the earliest. As it is natural that widowers and widows entered repeated marriage more often: the assistant on the house and an economy was necessary to the widower, the widow appeared an extra mouth to feed in last family as with death of the husband it was left by its allotment. What role of individual feelings, love in similar rather rigid patriarchal community and, accordingly, a family was? Economic calculation and feeling no means always conflicted, but even if they coincided, the bride as well-known on a wedding ceremony, it was necessary to mourn bitterly over the life in girls before leaving in " the house". And, however, even if the violent young love overcame all barriers, whether the young pair from a rigid stream of the general way could be pulled out?. Alexander Blynskaja's my native grandma, the immigrant from the Oryol province to Siberia, at the very beginning of this century has met and has grown fond in village of Big Rakovo of Shardinsky district of Kurgan volost young (Old Believer) Martin Rakova, and after refusal of big brothers to give it in marriage Martin secretly has stolen it, and there was a deadly pursuit both secret wedding, and hot passion.