RUSSIAN BRAID
Russian girls before marriage wore long hairs or braided into a single plait decorated with ribbon. After marriage fit into the girl's braid hair like crown around the head. Women were forbidden to show their hair around, except her husband.When the men select a bride, preference was given to young girls who spit was longer and thicker. More valuable had brown hair. Russian women for centuries had long hair, and only in the late 19th - early 20th century a haircut.