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  • Rusalki

    Rusalki

    As the earlier matrilineal customs of old Russia dwindled and the tsar’s masculine model of governance superseded them, the status of women shifted and worsened. When a voice is unjustly silenced, it will seek an alternative outlet. Much of folklore and folksong fills this need: righting a wrong, demanding justice, telling in metaphor a truth that…