Bride and Groom is a novel written by contemporary Russian author Alisa Ganieva, in which two people struggle to get married amidst the chaos of family, religion, politics, and life itself.

[6] The cultural significance of this novel is deep in magnitude, especially with regard to tackling the ideas of traditionalism, race, gender, and religion in Dagestan, Russia.

Traditionalism is also included regarding the pangs and echoes of post-USSR Russia, where certain political opinions and ideas can put one in danger at times.

It is also highly sectionalized—Russia has many microcosms of culture throughout its nation along with three separate dialects,[10] so the fact that race and traditionalism are still tied together in the beginning of this book by the parents of the main characters wanting them to marry within the family paints a disparaging pre-modern picture of Russia, akin to a place similar to the "wild west" where anything can go wrong at any minute.

Another character who highlights this is Timur, who, through his conversations about politics with Patya, subtly proves to think he is smarter than her and needs to change the ideas in her head because she is a woman who does not really know better.

[11] Women are also considered less suitable if they do not have their virginity or already have kids, as this looks bad in the society presented in the book, and can lead to social isolation of sorts.

Some, however, love Khalilbek, and claim he has done much for the community, disregarding the fact that he was in jail for the murder of a young man, who was run over by him in the middle of the night, for some reason.

The people who love Khalilbek create a very dystopic idea of the society they live in, blindly and wholeheartedly embrace him without any doubt of character, making his status near godhood.

Suddenly, Marat hears of a raid on his law firm, so he plans to travel to Moscow at his next opportunity to try to salvage any important work left untouched.

After leaving Patya, Marat met a stranger on the street who informed him of some of the reasonings behind Khalilbek's seemingly corrupt deeds among other things.

For instance, Groskop commented about how the tone feels generally clunky, but this uneasiness mirrors the characters' reality, where everyone speaks the same language but it is all mixed up in the chaos the author creates.

Emily D. Johnson comments in the same way about the nature of the Russia the characters live in, deeming it a chaotic and unstable environment where anything can go wrong at any minute.