
Hurrem Sultan ( Empress Roxelana )
The History Chicks : A Women's History Podcast
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The History of the Crimean Tartars
Anastasia, or maybe alex andra, family name unknown, was probably born in ruthania. The charters roaming the left third of what is now russia, ukraine, lapvia, lithuania, astonia and bellerus were abducting people to funnel into the slave trade. Some sources say she was the daughter of a priest, others that this is an after fact to give her story some spice. But will never know, because her entire childhood is shrouded in mystery.
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