In the villages of old Russia, strict morals prevailed. Criminal individuals, including thieves, were removed from the peasant community, and the law fully permitted this. Antisocial behavior was strongly condemned, and the guilty were expelled. A village assembly would convene, where the actions of the person facing expulsion were thoroughly examined. Often, the phrase "bad behavior manifested in theft and excessive drinking of vodka" guaranteed a peasant's settlement in Siberia. Interestingly, the sentences issued by village communities in this regard were 2-2.5 times more frequent than those of official courts. Extramarital cohabitation was considered a major sin in Russian villages. The sanctity of marriage was highly revered by the peasants. What we call a civil marriage today was considered a crime against religion and the ideal of marital relations in the past. The woman usually bore the brunt of the punishment. Fortunately, expulsion was rare, but a woman could be publicly humiliated, pelted with dirt and stones, or even paraded naked through the village.