In the late nineteenth century, as in the 1600s, sex, marriage, and the
family were not considered private issues. Instead they were considered
part of the social or public domain, even for families in the nobility or
intelligentsia. Adultery and various other acts were treated as criminal
offenses or examples of deviant behavior right up to 1917. In other words,
these acts were treated as criminal offenses or examples as social crimes
rather than as personal matters. [vol. 1, p. 175]
source: A Social History of Imperial Russia 1700-1917
Also a lecture from 1891 about Russian Communities.
http://socserv2.socsci.mcmaster.ca/~econ/ugcm/3ll3/kovalevsky/modcus3
- Lindsay
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