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Roxolana
(near 1506—1558 or 1561)

Roxolana, a Ukrainian girl who was captured, sold into slavery and who became an official wife of arguably the greatest of all Ottoman sultans. There are several other, mostly religious mystics of the nineteenth century, but their names are less known. Some historians express their doubts whether Roxolana was Ukrainian; journalists and novelists... More...

Ukraine, 1997, Roxolana