A Russian wedding A wedding day is one of the most important and excited day in everyone's life. All girls dream of putting a white bridal veil and dress on. All boys dream of marrying the most beautiful girl in the world. In Russia to become a wife and a husband you have to have a civil ceremony. Afterwards, if you wish, you can have a religious one. On the wedding day a bride and groom are accomopanied by witnesses. One is on the bride's side, one is on the groom's side. They are usually the best friends. After the civil ceremony guests are invited to a reception. Traditionaly, it lasts not less than two days. Guests drink a toast, eat delicious meals, dance and have a fan. There is a special master of ceremonies, whose job is amusing guests and making these days memorable in any possible ways. I think, there is a modern trend in Russia not to invite an enormous amount of guests, just close relatives and friends. But it depends on a financial state of a couple and their parents. There are a lot of cases when relationships were broken up after a luxurious wedding just after some months, and vice versa, a couple with a modest wedding party can live the whole life together. So it's not a key to a happy marriage. Next years people usually celebrate their wedding anniversary, the day when they made a family. It's so nice to look at old people who are together thirty- fourty years and more and could keep romantic relationship and love.