Twenty-five portraits of famous women who left a vivid mark on the history of Russian culture. Truly a kaleidoscope of destinies: the calculating and treacherous Karolina Sobanskaya; the sensitive Anna Kern; the captive of exact sciences Sofia Kovalevskaya; the one in love with the revolution, Alexandra Kollontai; Block’s wife Lyubov Mendeleyeva, who never found her own feminine happiness; the brilliant Olga Glebova-Sudeikina; Lily Brik, the consumer of men’s hearts; the star of the Soviet movie screen, Lyubov Orlova…
Rivetingly fascinating and sometimes tragic stories of these women’s lives and loves have been recreated by the author based on the study of documentary materials: diaries, letters, and recollections of contemporaries.