Intimate Russia. Life Without Domostroy, Sin, Love, and Sorcery

Was there an intimate life in Russia? More precisely, what was it like? Some have heard of wild pagan festivities, others - of strict Christian norms.
Pagan Russia, Christian Russia, Tsarist Russia and peasant Russia - all are vibrant facets of... a single story, full of surprises and contradictions.
"Intimate Russia" - a guide through it, so complex and intricate, yet at the same time familiar and close.
You will learn how people lived and loved each other in princely and royal families, boyar and peasant families, in families of slaves and ordinary townspeople. How they confessed their feelings, how they entered into marriages, how they divorced, and even what sexual practices they preferred - all this and much more is vividly and unabashedly narrated by the authors.
Leave your shyness behind too: on the pages of this book, it will definitely not be of use to you!