Yefrosinya Nimgirova, about my wedding

Yefrosinya says that she did not have a proper wedding but only signed marriage papers. Her husband had no relatives, except his paternal aunt, to come to their wedding if they had had one. On that day she just invited a couple of acquaintances who uttered well-wishes. After some time her husband’s aunt also invited several families to their house where they had a small celebration. The guests drank vodka and uttered well-wishes to the young family. Their life together was short lived, despite Yefrosinya and her husband bringing up 5 children together. For the last 40 years Yefrosinya has lived alone. She says that her family split because she did not have a wedding where she should have brought clan ribbons (olgts).Sponsored by Arcadia Fund, a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin