Love and marriage of noblemen in the second half of the 19th - early 20th centuries (based on materials of personal origin)
The article presents changes in the organization of love and marriage of noblemen in the second half of the 19th - early 20th centuries. Men's memories of private life are distinguished by the closeness of some of its aspects. The peculiarity of the narration of love and family moments was influenced both by the personality and character of the author, and sometimes by official activity. In the second half of the 19th century, noblemen undergo changes in consciousness and behavior, both in relation to their feelings and in marriage itself. In addition to their own emotions and preferences, men began to take into account the feelings of women. Men, along with women, emotionally described plots related to falling in love, matchmaking and marriage. The absence of mention of the marital status of men in other sources of personal origin may indicate that, on the one hand, personal life of men was still tabooed, and, on the other hand, did not seem to the author noteworthy, as marriage did not bring serious changes into the life of a man, unlike a woman. But the creation of family brought new anxieties and responsibilities into the life of men, regardless of the place, which love and marriage took in their ego-documents.