of the deceased named nearby, the village of rates is located and a river flows there, a little merachankabanks of this river there were houses, and from one of these houses, which stood on the banks of the river, they wooed a young girl of the deceased in marriage. so, when she got married, we came here, mirachanki merchanka rachanka, when she began to live here in the village, they called us a merchant. in every village. there are some distinctive features. what is the difference between the inhabitants of one village from another to the inhabitants of merch, which are inherent in such as kindness, warmth, cordiality and hospitality. diligence help each other, support each other friend no envy and complete trust in each other at home. they didn’t close such a strap on the lock, and everyone knew that no one was in the house at that time. mostly people lived from their household from their farmstead, each kept cows, pigs, a bird, they planted a weave garden near kolya and everything was from their own garden, but they tried to do everything with their own hands, they knitted, kali-sewed,