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They used to think that if a husband beat his wife it was the sign he loved her. The Russian proverb says: "I love thee like my soul, but I beat thee like my jacket." THEY USED TO THINK THAT IF A HUSBAND BEAT HIS WIFE IT WAS THE SIGN HE LOVED HER THE RUSSIAN PROVERB SAYS I LOVE THEE LIKE MY SOUL BUT I BEAT THEE LIKE MY JACKET
country. Although a nation having one-sixth of the earth's surface, yet she has only a few large cities. It is actually said that years ago people had to be chained in the cities to keep them from moving to the country. The people, as a rule, are honest-hearted, hard-working people, who have never had a chance. They are ignorant and often superstitious. They have been used to hardship and cruelty. In the old days a man was beaten three hours a day for debt and after a month sold as a slave if no one came to his rescue. Thieves and other criminals were hanged, beheaded, broken on a wheel, drowned under the ice or whipped to death. "Sorcerers were roasted alive in cages; traitors were tortured by iron hooks which tore their sides into a thousand pieces; false coiners had to swallow molten metal," says one writer. Woman was considered the property of man and her glory was to obey her husband as a slave obeys his master. No eyes could look upon her face and she was shut up like a prisoner.  THE PEOPLE LIVED IN THE COUNTRY ALTHOUGH A NATION HAVING ONE SIXTH OF THE EARTH'S SURFACE YET SHE HAS ONLY A FEW LARGE CITIES IT IS ACTUALLY SAID THAT YEARS AGO PEOPLE HAD TO BE CHAINED IN THE CITIES TO KEEP THEM FROM MOVING TO THE COUNTRY THE PEOPLE AS A RULE ARE HONEST HEARTED HARD WORKING PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER HAD A CHANCE THEY ARE IGNORANT AND OFTEN SUPERSTITIOUS THEY HAVE BEEN USED TO HARDSHIP AND CRUELTY IN THE OLD DAYS A MAN WAS BEATEN THREE HOURS A DAY FOR DEBT AND AFTER A MONTH SOLD AS A SLAVE IF NO ONE CAME TO HIS RESCUE THIEVES AND OTHER CRIMINALS WERE HANGED BEHEADED BROKEN ON A WHEEL DROWNED UNDER THE ICE OR WHIPPED TO DEATH SORCERERS WERE ROASTED ALIVE IN CAGES TRADERS WERE TORTURED BY IRON HOOKS WHICH TORE THEIR SIDES INTO A THOUSAND PIECES FALSE COINERS HAD TO SWALLOW MOLTEN METAL SAYS ONE WRITER WOMAN WAS CONSIDERED THE PROPERTY OF MAN AND HER GLORY WAS TO OBEY HER HUSBAND AS A SLAVE OBEYS HIS MASTER NO EYES COULD LOOK UPON HER FACE AND SHE WAS SHUT UP LIKE A PRISONER
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