marriage

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Why was Ivan the Terrible not allowed into the church?

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Did you know the USSR had its own Tinder?

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All-Russian wedding festival held in Moscow (PHOTOS)

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Can you become a Russian citizen by marrying a Russian?

Russia Beyond (Getty Images; Fyodor Rokotov/Tretyakov Gallery)

How Russian empresses secretly married their lovers

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Dating profiles in Tsarist Russia (PHOTOS)

Grigoriy Sedov

Where did Russian tsars look for wives?

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What were wedding rituals like in the Soviet Union? (PHOTOS)