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Homosexuality in Ancient and Medieval Russia

Same-sex relationships and how they were viewed from Kievan Rus to Peter the Great.

Russian LGBT history

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Homosexuality in the 18th-Century Russian Empire — Europe-Imported Homophobic Laws and How They Were Enforced

Homosexuality in the 18th-Century Russian Empire — Europe-Imported Homophobic Laws and How They Were Enforced

From Peter the Great to Alexander I.

The Homosexuality of Russian Tsars: Vasily III and Ivan IV “the Terrible”

The Homosexuality of Russian Tsars: Vasily III and Ivan IV “the Terrible”

And who Fyodor Basmanov was.

Homosexuality in Ancient and Medieval Russia

Homosexuality in Ancient and Medieval Russia

Same-sex relationships and how they were viewed from Kievan Rus to Peter the Great.

Biography of Russian LGBT people

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Sergei Alexandrovich Romanov — a homosexual from the imperial family

Sergei Alexandrovich Romanov — a homosexual from the imperial family

The life of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich – a “white marriage” without children, homosexuality, service in Moscow, and a tragic death.

Grigory Nikolayevich Teplov and a Sodomy Case

Grigory Nikolayevich Teplov and a Sodomy Case

Nine serfs accuse their master of rape.

Queerness of Russian Folklore

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Uncensored Russian Folklore: Highlights from Afanasyev’s “Russian Secret Tales”

Uncensored Russian Folklore: Highlights from Afanasyev’s “Russian Secret Tales”

“Sowing Dicks,” “The Fool,” and “The Soldier and the Priest.”

A Cross-Dressing Bogatyr: the Russian Bylina of Mikhaylo Potyk, Where He Disguises Himself as a Woman

A Cross-Dressing Bogatyr: the Russian Bylina of Mikhaylo Potyk, Where He Disguises Himself as a Woman

Why does the hero put on “women’s dresses”?