Customs of the Russians

The Russians are the descendants of Russian immigrants and belong to one of the ethnic groups of the Eastern Slavs. The Russians are found in 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government, and are mainly concentrated in the northwestern part of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the northern part of the Heilongjiang River and Hulunbeier City in the northeastern part of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

Russian dress

Men wear silk slit robes and pants in summer, or white embroidered shirts and lantern pants, and octagonal hats; in winter, they wear leather coats and cotton coats, sheepskin shearling hats, and tall leather boots or felt boots.

Women wear short tops and short-sleeved, half-open-breasted, card-waisted, large-swinged embroidered or printed dresses in summer, and some wear collarless embroidered shirts and large homemade white skirts embroidered with brightly colored patterns; in spring and autumn they wear western-style tops or western-style skirts, and wear brightly colored tweed hats decorated with feathers; in winter, they wear skirts, half-length leather coats, and tall leather boots, and fur boots. In winter, they wear dresses, half-length leather coats, high leather boots, and big woolen scarves or leather hats.

Russian Houses

The houses of the Russians are called "Mukulan", and they are tall, large, and made of a single piece of wood, divided into bedrooms, living rooms, kitchens, and storerooms. The houses are square, with sloping roofs, some of which are covered with green-painted iron sheets, and there are gates and porches in front of the front door, with aisles inside the door, and bedrooms and living rooms on both sides of the aisles. The corners of the interior walls have adobe fire walls. The interior furnishings are more elaborate, the bedroom is placed in a wooden bed or iron bed, iron bed railing carved with flowers and grass images, giving people a sense of ancient elegance.

Russian marriage customs

Russian family monogamy, the father is the head of the family economy. After the children grow up and get married, they set up another family and live independently. When a parent dies, the inheritance is divided among the children***. Divorce is forbidden by the Orthodox Church, and ethnic Russians, influenced by the Orthodox Church, generally seldom get divorced. The names of ethnic Russians are composed of three parts: the original name, the patronymic and the family name. After a woman married, generally with her husband's surname, there are men with the woman's surname or both sides do not change their surnames.

Russian etiquette

Kissing, bowing, shaking hands and other etiquette is the most common. When close friends meet between women, they usually hug and sometimes kiss each other. Between men, they only embrace each other. Pro siblings reunion or separation, to perform a handshake, generally inferior or junior should not reach out first. When a man meets a woman, he must wait for the woman to extend her hand before he can shake hands with her. For women who meet for the first time, only a bow is performed.

To the Russian family as a guest or to do business, to enter the house to knock on the door, get permission to enter the house, enter the house to take off their hats, sit on the seat given by the host, can not sit on the bed, sit on the bed is considered to be very rude behavior. Visitors are not allowed to smoke, and smoking is allowed only with the permission of the host. The grandest traditional Russian ritual is to greet guests with bread and salt, symbolizing friendship and goodwill. The guest must cut a piece of bread with a knife and eat it with a little salt before entering the house. This ritual was once used only to welcome guests of honor and brides, but is now also used for general social occasions.

Russian taboos

There are a number of rules when visiting Russian homes. To knock on the door first, get the master's permission before entering the house, after entering the house can not wear a hat, can not sit on the bed of the host family; guests if you want to smoke, you must ask the master's permission in advance; lighting cigarettes, you can not use a match to three consecutively light cigarettes; can not ask about the income of other people, and can not ask the age of the women, otherwise it is regarded as rude; to go to the family feast, generally should be booked 15 minutes later than the time to, but should not be more late. but should not be later. Russians in life is also very taboo number, especially "13", they are called a ghost number, the most inauspicious. Russians love to eat meat, but avoid eating horse meat, donkey meat, drinking wine can not be left-handed cup. When drinking soup, you must use a spoon, but you may not use your left hand to hold the spoon.