Russian Tradition Research Articles

Traditions of cultivation and storage of turnips in the Russian North: the view of an ethnolinguist

The article is drawn on lexical and onomastic data collected during field research in the Arkhangelsk, Vologda, and Kostroma regions of Russia, as well as on relevant materials from lexicographic and ethnographic sources. It takes an ethnolinguistic standpoint to examine the toponyms and geographical terms that exhibit commonalities with the word turnip in various motifs, and explore the complex of cultural and linguistic phenomena related to the cultivation and storage of turnips. Areal topology and context analysis approaches to methodologies of studying vocabularies have been instrumental in reconstructing the specifics of turnip cultivation in slash-and-burn agricultural systems and discovering the influence of Baltic-Finnish everyday practices on Northern Russian traditions. The article discusses the geographical distribution of so called repishche, that is names given to forest areas burned and cleared for turnip, flax, and rye lots, as well as the tradition of constructing basic unequipped storage facilities called “turnip pits”.

Russian traditions in modern television advertising

Russian traditions contain, directly, cultural information containing ideas about the picture of the world, human values, religious beliefs, and national potential. A feature that is characteristic of a modern advertising product is the search for the optimally fast way to memorize and reproduce advertising information by the consumer in order to purchase the advertised product. One of the main techniques used by advertising specialists is the use of existing working schemes in the advertising process. These are, first of all, folk traditions and archetypal ideas about them. Endowing commercials with primordial “Russianness” gives advertising works a special charm - they are viewed with pleasure by the audience, easily recognized, talked about, and most importantly, they are remembered without any problems and, if possible, even quoted by the audience of the commercial. Русские традиции в современной телевизионной рекламе Аннотация: Русские традиции содержат в себе непосредственно культурную информацию, содержащую представления о картине мира, человеческих ценностях, религиозных верованиях, национальном потенциале. Характерной чертой современного рекламного продукта является поиск оптимально быстрого способа запоминания и воспроизведения рекламной информации потребителем с целью приобретения рекламируемого продукта. Одним из основных приемов, используемых специалистами по рекламе, является использование в рекламном процессе уже существующих рабочих схем. Это, прежде всего, народные традиции и архетипические представления о них. Наделение рекламных роликов исконной «русскостью» придает рекламным произведениям особое очарование — их с удовольствием смотрит аудитория, они легко узнаются, о них говорят, а главное, они без проблем запоминаются и, по возможности, даже цитируются аудиторией рекламного ролика. Ключевые слова: реклама, телевизионная реклама, традиция, обычай, рекламное сообщение, процесс коммуникации

Беспощадная непреложность рецепции: был ли заимствован институт президентства в России?

The article raises the problem of reception of the presidency institution in Russia. The author addresses the problems of borrowing of legal institutions and the institutional theory that stipulates rather strict conditions for borrowing of any institutions. Ignoring such conditions (e.g., clear choice of the institution to be borrowed, creation of institutional conditions, strategy, accounting for the cultural factor, etc.) means that the borrowed institution will be dysfunctional or will negatively affect all other institutions. The author uses files of the Constitutional Conference of 1993 to illustrate the initial problems of borrowing of the presidency institution. Justifying the role of the president in the system of separation of powers, the participants of the Constitutional Conference addressed the monarchical culture and Russian traditions ignoring a number of important institutional arguments. Later on, an institutionally strong president has been able to overcome one of the most important characteristics of presidency that distinguishes it from the monarchical institution, which is limitation of the term of office (cadence). The author concludes that overcoming of such important institutional characteristics (fundamentals of presidency) and subsequent concentration of power by the president are the result of mistakes made at borrowing.

Герб на графское Российской империи достоинство и его версии генерала от кавалерии, атамана Донского Войска графа М.И. Платова

The coat of arms and its versions of Count M.I. Platov are considered for the first time in the scientific literature, their origin, composition, symbolism, role and significance in consolidating the image of a cavalry general, a military ataman of the Don Army in the historical memory of the peoples of Russia and Europe. The highly approved coat of arms of M.I. Platov, little known to contemporaries, was distributed in independent, attributed versions, which played an important role in visualization, strengthening the authority of the “whirlwind chieftain”. It is proven that these versions are unconfirmed and are closely connected with the processes of formation of historical memory and public consciousness in Russia. The versions of the Count's coat of arms of M.I. Platov retained heraldic continuity but were complemented with new figures that revealed the pages of his military and civil service, the relations of the Don Ataman with crowned persons, the military and state elite of Russia and Europe. It is emphasized that the versions of the coats of arms are at the same time independent heraldic and artistic works. According to the authors of the unapproved coats of arms, the awards, additions and changes included in them raised and consolidated the high status of the coat of arms holders, showed their role and merits in the history of Russia. The coat of arms portraits and versions of the coat of arms of Count M.I. Platov reflected the ideas of his contemporaries about his role in the history of the country, the process of formation of the Don nobili-ty, and the state of the heraldic tradition in Russia. Independent, unapproved coats of arms were an important stage in the development of Russian heraldic studies: some are still a kind of reminder of “famous names and events”, others were used primarily to solve personal, property and social problems over the course of one generation and became historical facts in the lives of the coat of arms holders. The coat of arms engraved portrait of M.I. Platov and versions of coats of arms go back to the Don painting and coat of arms tradition of the second half of the 18th – early 19th century. They, preserving artistic and compositional features, are part of the Don and Russian military portrait, Russian heraldry.

Self-translation as a Form of Emancipation. The Case of Potseluy and A kushby Celia Dropkin

The article aims to address the emancipatory character of self-translation on the example of CeliaDropkin’s (1887–1956) poetic texts – Potseluy and A kush [A Kiss]. It introduces the linguisticbiography of the poet, which is an important aspect of the origins of both texts, and focuseson how the female character is constructed in the poems, and on how they engage various traditionsof Russian and Yiddish literatures. The discussion of Dropkin’s diverse poetic strategies shedslight on the potential of self-translation as a translingual practice that allows the author to createa new/different poetic voice.

THOUGHTS, MAXIMS, CHARACTERS: FRAGMENTATION AS A PRINCIPLE OF MORAL NARRATIVE IN THE 17TH CENTURY FRENCH LITERATURE

The article is devoted to the understanding of the aesthetic phenomenon of the 17th century French literature, which consists in the close connection of the fragmentary form with the ethical content of discourse. The corpus of aphoristic texts created in 1656–1697, i.e. the books “Thoughts” by Blaise Pascal, “Maxims” by François de La Rochefoucauld, as well as “Characters or Mores of the present century” by Jean de La Bruyère are chosen as the object of research. In the process of work we systematise the methods of analysing this phenomenon in the Western and Russian traditions: the “cratylist” approach (Gilbert Romeyer Dherbey and Jean Starobinski), the “medical” method (Louis Van Delft, Mariya Neklyudova), “new publishing schemes” (Emmanuel Bury), as well as “secular” (Robert Garapon). We note the influence of topics which has established itself as a method of scientific discourse and gnomic genres of a didactic nature. In the result, we show that the French aphoristic texts of the 17th century clearly differ from the previous tradition by an attitude towards anthropological aestheticism and the absence of a didactic purpose.

Baroque Architecture in West Siberia

The article shows the main directions of the architecture development in West Siberia in the 17th and early 20th centuries. Research of the last decades devoted to the artistic and decorative interpretation of stone and wooden buildings is summarized. The mutual effect of their ornaments is noted. It is found that the Baroque style, widely used in the architecture of West Europe and Russia of the 17–18th centuries, is not adequately developed in Siberian cities. Siberian Baroque originated at the beginning of the 20th century, affects mainly religious buildings. In construction of stone residential and public buildings, this style is quite rare.The purpose of this article is to analyze the development of this trend in Siberia. The main focus is on Baroque ornamentation. Baroque elements are widely used in wooden architecture of Siberia in the 19th century. Presently, it draws attention from architectural researchers. The article studies Baroque ornaments in terms of Russian traditions, identifies the relationship between the main architectural styles and customs of wooden architecture and ornaments in Siberia.

Archaeological Collections from the Jōmon Period in the Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera)

This article presents an analysis and additional description of archaeological items of the Jōmon period from A.V. Grigoriev’s collection (No. 1294) at the Department of Archaeology of the Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera) RAS in St. Petersburg. The study focuses on the description of decorative motifs and the stylistic attribution of selected samples of pottery. The analysis is based on the published data about the Ōmori shell mound (Tokyo, Honshu Island), visited by Grigoriev in 1878 as a part of the expedition from the Imperial Russian Geographical Society. The early stage of the Japanese archaeology is described with reference to the Ōmori shell mound. Special attention is given to specific features of the Jōmon decorative style. The geographic location of the site suggests that the samples are associated with the Kasori B and Horinouchi styles. Contrary to the Russian tradition, the emphasis is made on stylistic interpretation rather than technology and typology. The combinations of large zonally arranged rectangular designs and spiral motifs are typical of the Kasori B style, to which several samples belong. Others reveal vertically and horizontally arranged patterns consisting of incised arcuate and straight lines, typical of the Horinouchi style.

The Evolution of Sociological Approaches Towards Conceptualizing Consumption in Western Sociology

The second half of the 20th century saw multiple directions of consumer research emerge in sociology, including a cultural turn, a material turn, a practical turn, a turn towards sustainability, and a digital turn. These turns indicate trends in sociological thought, which arise with increasing speed and overlap each other. On the one hand, these directions build upon ideas about consumption brought forth by the classics of economic theory and sociology, and on the other hand they constantly attempt to critically comprehend basic concepts and fill them with new meaning. The purpose of the article is to expand on the concept of consumption by reviewing the historical evolution of views on this concept in sociology of the 20–21 centuries. It first considers the integral definitions of consumption presented by contemporary sociologists (V. Radaev, E.R. McDonnell, A. Warde). From there it outlines the basic views on consumption held by classics of sociology (K. Marx, G. Simmel, T. Veblen, M. Weber, the Frankfurt School, P. Bourdieu). Finally, sociological approaches towards consumption that appeared during the second half of the 20th century are examined. A review of key approaches towards consumption demonstrates how the concept of consumption has consistently acquired new meanings and contexts, also acquiring an internal independent logic and transforming into a multidimensional concept in sociology. The paper covers a broad timeline and is based on key sociological works, without claiming to be able to comprehensively describe them. Also this paper does not consider the Russian tradition of research.

Education of Value Attitude to Family among Adolescents in the World of Social Networks

The article reveals the problems of family education in the digital society. The “Childfree” movement, which emerged in Western Europe on the basis of the feminist movement, promotes the ideas of freedom and independence from the family. Supporters of the anti-family movement in Korea (“Sampo Generation”) advocate voluntary childlessness. These movements pose the strongest threat not only to the institution of the family, but also to the entire human society, denying traditional spiritual and moral values. The negative impact of social networks is manifested in the fact that barriers of communication between parents and children are created. It is proposed to develop a model of integration of educational interactions of teachers, children and their parents on the Internet. The school is considered as a social practice that relies on the infrastructure that includes material and social resources, including social networks. The benefits of social media and gadgets should be competently utilized. The content of social networks should be filled with strong Russian traditions of family education. The purpose of the article is to substantiate the relevance of the problem of education of value relations to the family in adolescents in the world of social networks. The research methodology is based on the poly-subject strategy of upbringing. The scientific literature was analyzed using the apperception method. Methodology and research methods. The development of the problem of education of value relations to the family in adolescents in the digital society is based on a poly-subject strategy of education. The scientific literature was analyzed using the apperception method. The result of the study is the formulation of scientific and pedagogical tasks related to the justification, development and testing of the model of digital educational environment of the school that promotes the education of value relations to the family in adolescents, providing pedagogization of the Internet environment. Such a model of digital educational environment of the school will be a means of pedagogization of social networks at the level of prevention, protection and management. Pedagogization of social networks should be evaluated with the help of informational, normative, activity, diagnostic indicators.

Учение священномученика Серафима (Звездинского) о Божественной литургии и Евхаристии

The resurgence of liturgical traditions in Russia underscores the importance of bridging modern church practices with historical continuity. In this regard, the Eucharist of Hieromartyr Seraphim (Zvezdinsky) stands as a significant figure, offering profound insights into the Divine Liturgy and Eucharist. The texts of Hieromartyr Seraphim (Zvezdinsky) are an example of understanding the church experience and contain significant material telling about the practice of church worship, the center of which is the Divine Liturgy. This article reflects on the fundamental aspects of Hieromartyr Seraphim’s teachings on the Divine Liturgy and Eucharist. The former is understood as an integral part of the believer’s life, while the latter occupies a central position in worship. Not only does the Eucharist reflect Christ’s sacrifice, but it also contributes to the purification of the believer’s soul. Through the sacrament of Сommunion, eating the Flesh and Blood of Christ, believers become temples of God, and their souls are cleansed of passions. This constitutes the supreme gift of the Eucharist bestowed by the Lord. In conclusion, the teachings of Hieromartyr Seraphim (Zvezdinsky) offer profound insights into the significance of the Divine Liturgy and Eucharist within Orthodox theology and practice. His writings serve as a rich resource for modern believers seeking to deepen their understanding of these central sacraments and their transformative power in the life of the Church.

Александр Кушнер: два «Посещения»

The article considers and compares two poems by A. S. Kushner with a common name – “Visit” (1977 and 1985). They are united by the situation of the lyrical hero returning to the places where he spent his childhood and youth. However, the author’s position is deprived of the nostalgic regret about the past years that is expected in such cases – in particular, due to the mismatch of memories with the real world of the past. Kushner continues the Russian tradition of lyrical “returns” (Pushkin, Baratynsky, Nekrasov, etc.), but correlates it with the new historical context and experience of the Soviet era, which undergoes critical re-interpretation in his poems. The second poem does not copy the first: the lyrical retrospective in it is more profound due to the motifs of infant and adolescent reading of the late Stalin era, childrens’ and “adult” (popular in the post-war years) volleyball games, and school studies. The article also analyzes the poetic technique used by Kushner, revealing its significance for the lyrical content of poems. A relatively short meter (iambic trimeter, anapestic dimeter), seemingly unexpected in the poems by Kushner, who gravitated towards the “long” line in the 70s and 80s, betrays a hidden polemic in relation to the epic poetry, a poetic theme seeming to lead up to it, but the epic poetry being consciously foreign to the poet himself. The article also touches upon another (the third) poem by Kushner called “Visit” (1973), which is only indirectly related to the other two, but which also contains the motifs of the Soviet history. As a result, all three poems fit into a series of poems by Kushner that recreate the socio-political atmosphere of the Soviet era.

Innovative solutions in easel painting through the prism of the activities of artists of the Creative Painting Workshop of the Russian Academy of Arts under the leadership of H. A. Yakupov.

The subject of the study is a set of innovative solutions for easel painting by artists of the Creative Painting Workshop of the Russian Academy of Arts under the leadership of H. A. Yakupov in Kazan from 1977 to 2008. Easel painting by artists-trainees of the Creative Painting Workshop of the Russian Academy of Arts in Kazan was chosen as the object of research. The review of the activities of the Russian Academy of Arts in the XX-XXI centuries is given, from the point of view of supporting the Russian traditions of easel painting in Russia and abroad. The characteristic of the Creative Painting Workshop of the Russian Academy of Arts under the leadership of H. A. Yakupov in Kazan as an object of research in the context of painting of the Republic of Tatarstan and Russia is given. The methodology of the analysis includes the following concepts: genre, plot, composition, color, format, and their implementation in the works of trainee artists. Comparative methods of compositional and coloristic analysis are applied, compositional solutions are considered as innovations in the composition of easel painting of a subject-themed painting. The research materials confirm the high results of the creative work of the trainee artists in creating new compositional and coloristic solutions in easel painting in the laboratory of the Creative Workshop using a combination of innovations. Сonclusions are formulated about the need to popularize the work of artists-trainees of the Creative Painting Workshop of the Russian Academy of Arts under the leadership of H. A. Yakupov in Kazan. Russian realism traditions have been preserved, and the easel painting of the trainee artists is based on the artistic experience of Russian realistic art, using a combination of innovations in author's solutions.

Emergency Situation and Emergency: Issues of Theoretical Conceptualisation

This article raises the issue of using objective criteria as a guideline for the identification of emergencies. For this purpose, the author proposes to clarify the nature of the emergency through the comparison of the concept of “emergency situation” accepted in the Russian tradition with its Western analogue “emergency”. On this basis, the paper considers two approaches to defining an emergency. The first approach gives emergency situations a narrower content and from this point of view considers them as separate manifestations of emergency. The other approach, on the contrary, perceives emergency situations as a broader phenomenon, thereby equating them to the concept of emergency. The research unveils the main characteristics of an emergency — unpredictability, significant economic and human losses, the use of government emergency powers. This paper also forms an approach that eliminates semantic differences between Western and Russian scientific traditions and allows us to consider emergencies as events of a wide range of manifestations — humanitarian, economic, natural, etc. The vector of further research can be aimed at developing new approaches to defining and comparing an emergency situation, exception and state of emergency, developing a universal approach to defining an emergency in the context of globalisation and global emergency, proposing a new applied model of emergency management in the context of globalisation, developing a new typology of emergency situations, as well as searching for tools and determining the necessary resource base for managing new types of emergencies.

Historical and legal aspects of state formation in Ukraine (XVII–XIX centuries)

The article spectrally examines the problems of Ukrainian state-building in extremely difficult periods for Ukraine, namely the times of the destruction of the Hetmanship by the Russian tsars, the introduction of strict bans for the Ukrainian population regarding the use of the Ukrainian language and any manifestations of the Ukrainian national idea. The historical influence of the Treaty of Pereyaslav in 1654 on the further development of Ukraine is analyzed, as well as a historical and legal assessment of the agreements concluded by the Ukrainian hetmans with the tsarist authorities of Russia regarding the accession of Ukraine to the empire is presented from the standpoint of modernity. The historical significance of the Constitution of Pylyp Orlyk of 1710 is highlighted, the provisions of this document regarding general approaches to building the Ukrainian state are analyzed. A historical and legal assessment of the activities of the Cossack elders’ collaborators, who by their actions contributed to the decline of national activity in the areas of strengthening Ukrainian statehood, is presented.
 Some aspects of the participation of the Ukrainian intelligentsia and youth organizations in measures to counter the inculcation of Russian traditions and orders in all spheres of life of the Ukrainian people have been studied. Approaches to understanding the essence and direction of processes related to the organization of disobedience to the total Russification of the Ukrainian population are summarized on the basis of the elaborated scientific work of Ukrainian scientists and politicians of various historical periods.
 The historical significance of Turkey’s influence on the formation of Ukrainian statehood is analyzed (it concerns the events of 1669 and 1711, when with the help of Turkey, Russia and Poland were forced to recognize the independence of the Ukrainian state).
 The author’s comment on the cited quotations of scientists is presented, judgments are expressed regarding the effectiveness of participation in the processes of liberating Ukraine from the expansionist actions of the Russian Tsar in a sufficiently long historical period.

Певческие рукописи Антониево-Сийского монастыря как источник по истории Русского церковного пения XVII в. (нотация, редакции текста, певческие стили)

The Synodal Cantatory Collection of the State Historical Museum contains a complex of cantatory MSs from Antonievo-Siysky Monastery. Most of them date from the 17th century. This was the time when the Russian tradition of church singing was being actively transformed. At Antonievo-Siysky Monastery, these changes took place quite intensively, and the Siysky complex of MSs is a valuable source for the history of Russian church singing of the transitional period. All types of musical notation, known in the ancient Russian manuscript tradition of the 15th — 17th centuries, are found in Antonievo-Siysky cantatory MSs, including “double-signs” (Rus. двознаменники), as well as several pre-reform MSs with a naon edition, in which cinnabar marks of the same period as the main text are affi xed. The complex allows us to trace how the preferences of Siya’s scribes and singers in using a certain type of notation changed during the 16th — 18th centuries. According to the edition of the verbal text, Siysky MSs are divided into three groups, i.e. pre-reform, transitional, and post-reform. The variety of editions of the verbal text makes it possible to study the methods of Nikon’s editors of the Printing House (Rus. Печатный двор) and their monastic followers. The repertoire of chants found in Siysky MSs shows that Siya’s professional singers had excellent knowledge of both the cantatory heritage of the late 15th — 16th centuries and the achievements of their contemporaries from major centres of singing of that time.

Россия как страна-цивилизация в диалоге культур

The article examines the current geopolitical situation of Russia’s confrontation with the “collective West” in the light of a Special Military Operation (SMO) in Ukraine, in historical, political and cultural aspects. The relevance of the article is due to both the intensity of hostilities directly in the SMO, as well as rapid changes in the system of international relations and the position of Russia in connection with the conduct of the SMO. There is an accelerated reorientation of Russian economic, financial, military and – what is considered in this paper – historical and cultural ties, previously prioritized to the West, but now increasingly unfolding to the East. The novelty of the article lies in the application of the civilizational approach as a methodological key to the analysis of Russia’s conflict with the “collective West”, its rapprochement with the powerful states–civilizations of the East – China and especially India; in this “optics”, the optimal positioning of Ossetia in the intercivilization is rethought in a new way. Great importance is attached to the domestic, Russian tradition of relevant scientific research; it is emphasized that it was in Russia that the pioneering results on the subject under consideration were published, starting with the work of N.Y. Danilevsky, and today it is in Russia that A.G. Dugin has carried out an unprecedented research program on the philosophical and historical analysis of early and current civilizations. In Russia, A.D. Panov made the most important general scientific discovery of the twenty-first century about the singular limit of universal history, received the name “Panov – Snooks vertical” in the scientific literature. The conclusion of the work consists in summing up the results of the review and indicating the specific prospects and directions of the inter-civilizational dialogue and participation of Ossetia in it; at the same time, the first results have already been obtained.

Scientific and Practical Conference with International Participation «Mental Health of the Family: Russian Traditions and Modern Approaches to Assistance», 26.01.2024, Moscow

Scientific and Practical Conference with international participation «Mental Health of the Family: Russian Traditions and Modern Approaches to Assistance»м тир, held FSBSI «Mental Health Research Centre» on January 26, 2024 in Moscow as part of the XXXII International Christmas Educational Readings «Orthodoxy and Domestic Culture: Losses and Gains of the Past, the Image of the Future». The conference comprehensively covered the traditional values of families in Russian society, as well as the problems that arise in families whose members suffer from mental disorders and behavioral disorders. The achievements and possibilities of helping family members with mental and behavioral disorders, as well as the provision of psychiatric, psychological, social and spiritual assistance by various institutions through the prism of biopsychosocial, spiritual and family-oriented approaches were discussed. The issues of volunteer participation in rehabilitation programs for families, the contribution of public organizations and their interaction with state and religious institutions in the aspect of psychosocial rehabilitation of patients with mental disorders and behavioral disorders, as well as issues of multidisciplinary interaction of specialists in the field of family prevention of mental disorders were considered. The exchange of scientific and practice-oriented achievements of domestic and foreign psychiatry in the field of family prevention of mental disorders, behavioral disorders and addiction diseases, the introduction of new technologies of assistance allows to improve the quality and effectiveness of psychiatric and narcological care provided to families that include persons with mental disorders and behavioral disorders.

The evolution of the latinization of the Uniate Church and its causes

The object of the study is the Uniate church, founded by the Brest Union in 1596. Then the Orthodox bishops of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth decided to unite with the Pope, provided that Eastern traditions were preserved. However, after the Brest Union, the practice of the Latin Church quickly began to blur the Eastern traditions of the Uniate Church, and the phenomenon of latinization appeared. The subject of the study is the processes and causes of latinization and Delatinization of the Uniate Church. The founding and development of the Uniate Church had strong political factors, since the article also considered its latinization from both religious and political aspects. The author pays special attention to the motives of the delatinization of the Uniate Church over the past 100 years, associated with the spread of the Catholic faith among Orthodox peoples. At the methodological level, the author combines the historical and political background to analyze the materials related to the research topic. The main conclusion of the study is that due to the contradiction between Roman Catholic teaching and Eastern traditions, the union with Rome is doomed to lead to the latinizaition of the Uniate Church. In addition, the latinization of the Uniate Church has a strong political influence. The author's special research contribution to the topic is that he noticed a contradiction in the Uniate Church. Russian Uniate Church is a tool used by the West to spread Catholicism in the Russian land and separate the people from the Russian Orthodox tradition. Latinization lead to the fact that the Uniate church lose its appeal to Orthodox people and affected its spread. However, without latinization, the Uniate Church would not be able to separate its believers from Orthodoxy and the Russian tradition, and would not be able to perform its political functions.

The Image of the Married Woman in Portuguese, Spanish and Russian Proverbs in the Light of Medieval Christian Ethics

Purpose. To examine the portrayal of women in matrimonial contexts through an analysis of 437 proverbs originating from Portuguese, Spanish, and Russian traditions. This study aims to explore how these sayings mirror the cultural, societal, and religious beliefs surrounding women's roles in the institution of marriage.Results. The study found that the image of women in marriage within these proverbs is consistent across the cultures studied. It highlighted that while the Christian Church promotes chastity, it also endorses marriage to combat sexual promiscuity. Similarities were identified between Southern European and Russian proverbs regarding the spiritual foundation of Christian marriage, the nature of spousal relationships, and the expected qualities of a wife and mother.Conclusion. Proverbs serve as a cultural repository, mirroring traditions and values shaped by historical and literary influences. The proverbs perpetuate the religious and moral ideals of the Catholic and Orthodox Churches, particularly the patriarchal view of marriage. This view enforces a hierarchy within marriage, with the wife subordinated to the husband, who is seen as her spiritual guide and the determinant of roles and responsibilities in the family and the broader society.