Gender Norms and Marriage in Rural Mordovian Family: a Qualitative Research

Considering the data of a qualitative sociological research, the basic social values and norms of marriage in the rural Mordovian family of 1950-70s are revealed. The authors study the elements of traditional wedding ceremony, the modern and traditional socially approved norms of marriage behaviour of rural women, the dependence between following the traditional and modern norms and satisfaction of rural women by their married life.