Women’s fates in the history of Russia are full of bitterness and suffering, and sometimes even of mystical tragedy. A wife who has lost her husband and is ready to take revenge on him cruelly and mercilessly—in order to protect herself and her child; a deranged mother, tearing herself toward the throne, sacrificing her four-year-old son. Russian queens who ruled with fire and sword, and foreign women who raised Russia’s culture to unprecedented heights. After all, witches and saints—essentially, the course of history is determined by their hand.
The author of world bestsellers “Czar’s Wives” and “Children of the Kremlin,” Larisa Vasilieva, reveals many secrets and makes women visible in the historical process.