WEDDING SHAWLS IN TIME AND SPACE
The paper presents an attempt of analysis of traditional wedding shawls of the Udmurts, the Ob Ugrians, and the Chuvash. The history of the materials under consideration dates back to the period from the XVIII<sup>th</sup> century till the middle of the XX<sup>th</sup> century. The very first items found were kept in the Kunstkamera Museum funds, St. Petersburg.