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A persistent theme in Russian military, police and law-enforcement-related jokes is the ongoing conflict between the representatives of the armed forces/law enforcement, and the "intelligentsia", i.e. well-educated members of society. Therefore, this theme is a satire of the image of military/law-enforcement officers and superiors as dumb and ...
The Father-in-Law, a 1888 painting by Vladimir Makovsky. Traditional practice [1] until the beginning of the XX century [2] in the Russian Empire, snokhachestvo (Russian: снохачество) referred to sexual relations between a pater familias (bolshak) of a Russian peasant household (dvor) and his daughter-in-law (snokha) during the minority or absence of his son.
Vasilisa the Beautiful is a popular Russian fairy tale that tells the story of a young girl named Vasilisa who is mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters.The story features elements of magic, adventure, and fantasy, with various characters and creatures like Baba Yaga playing a prominent role.
"Scarlet Sails" celebration in Saint Petersburg Russian culture (Russian: Культура России, romanized: Kul'tura Rossii, IPA: [kʊlʲˈturə rɐˈsʲiɪ]) has been formed by the nation's history, its geographical location and its vast expanse, religious and social traditions, and both Eastern [1] (Its influence on the formation of Russian culture is negligible, mainly it was formed ...
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Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna (Charlotte of Prussia) with her daughter Maria Nikolaevna and her daughters-in-law: Grand Duchesses Maria Alexandrovna and Alexandra Iosifovna, 1853. A few weeks after her sixteenth birthday in August 1840, Marie's party set out for Russia.
In a Ukrainian variant, the name of the Sea Tsar's daughter is Maria, and she is cursed into frog form. Her story follows the tale type ATU 402, "The Animal Bride", akin to Russian The Frog Princess: a king shoots three arrows, the arrow representing the youngest son falls next to Maria the Frog. The prince marries the frog maiden and his ...
In modern Russia, there are cases when women raising a child without a father give the child their own name instead of a patronymic. This practice is not recognized by law, but the civil registry offices may meet such wishes. A common loophole is when mother's name is a feminine form of a masculine given name, even an obscure one. [5] [6]