Historical documents indicate that in the period from the late 19th to early 20th century, particularly after the Stolypin agrarian reform, quite a large number of Volga Germans from Samara and Saratov governorates moved to Southern and Western Siberia. These groups of people became actively integrated into local cultures.

The Siberian Germans’ marriage ceremony had its own special features. On the wedding day, the bride was in no hurry to wake up, as it was her last night spent in her parents’ house. However, guests began to arrive even before noon. Married women helped the bride to dress, and it was often the godmother or the woman who made the bridal wreath.

A bridal wreath was made in the form of a tall crown of flowers and leaves, usually wax or paraffin. Sometimes colored paper was used. These elements were attached to a wire frame. Married women used beads, sequins and bunches of small balls to decorate the wreath. Traditionally, the wreath consisted of three parts: head, shoulder and pectoral. A veil was attached to the wreath. The groom had a bouquet of flowers and leaves on his chest, the technique of making which was the same as the technique of making a wreath.

Both Lutheran and Catholic wedding festivities were always accompanied by performances of musicians. There were entire family orchestras in the villages up to the end of the 20th century. This tradition began to disappear with the mass emigration of Germans. However, some families of Siberian Germans still keep reed organs, guitars and violins.

After the wedding, the wreath and the ornaments were placed in a specially made box and covered with glass. In this form they were kept on the wall or in a chest of drawers. Several wreaths of Siberian Germans found their way into the museum collection. This exhibit was placed in a black wooden box, the bottom and walls of which were painted blue. The arc-shaped wreath combines flowers made of paper, wax, and glass beads. Underneath it, are two capron ribbons arranged in a circle, along with a boutonniere.

The wreath was made in 1974 in the village of Privalnoye, Omsk Region. Maria Winter, who created it, was known for arranging wedding flowers for all her fellow villagers. This composition was donated to the museum in 1995.