About the book: 2015 / Tatyana Georgieva’s book is dedicated to the customs and mores of Russians from antiquity to the beginning of Peter’s reforms. Centuries pass before the reader, and with them generations of Russian people with the peculiarities of their life, family relationships, religion, crafts, rituals, holidays and superstitions, bearing the reflection of pagan times. The author reconstructs bit by bit the process of formation of Russian culture, trying, together with the reader, to understand why Russian people are the way they are now. Rare archival materials help to better understand the pace of Russian civilization, to “hear” how Russian speech is changing, to “see” how the appearance of our ancestors is changing, to find out how traditions arose, were lost and modified, but at the same time the cultural core that preserves Russians was always preserved as one people. Tatyana Georgieva - Doctor of Philosophy, Professor of the UNESCO Department, author of a number of books and television programs, including a series dedicated to the State Hermitage».