“Getting Married in Ancient Rus’” is an engaging story about the everyday life of an Old Rus’ woman, her path to marriage and the birth of children. Based on historical and archaeological sources, Nikolai Bukanев—author of the history-popular channel “11 EКЮ” on Yandex Zen—carefully reconstructs the cultural context and analyzes questions that were important for women of Ancient Rus’ (and maybe of our days) such as: – How to secure an impeccable reputation? – What path to choose: to get married or to enter a monastery (and are there other options)? – How to tell fortunes about a future husband? – How to prepare for the role of a good wife and mother? – How to divorce properly (and that did happen)? – How to raise children? The author describes in detail the life of a girl in Ancient Rus’: her childhood and amusements, her troubles and joys. You’ll learn what she ate and drank, what she did all day, and how she prepared for her wedding and childbirth. Behind this lively, detailed account of a woman’s life in Ancient Rus’ lies an attempt to answer deeper questions: could a woman then choose her own fate, and can we consider that she was free?