The Story of a Medieval Arabic Source in Which the Women of the 'Rus' Were Called the World's First Lesbians
It was all a translation error. The original text refers to a mythological people from the Quran.
Russian LGBT History
Queer history of Russia: laws, morals, rulers, and private life from medieval Rus to the imperial era.
Peter the Great’s Sexuality: Wives, Mistresses, Men, and His Relationship with Menshikov
Was Russia’s first emperor bisexual? Or did he love only women?
Russian Empress Anna Leopoldovna and the Maid of Honour Juliana: Possibly the First Documented Lesbian Relationship in Russian History
"... she spends most of her time in the apartments of her favourite, Mengden."
Homosexuality in the 18th-Century Russian Empire — Homophobic Laws Borrowed From Europe and How They Were Enforced
From Peter the Great to Alexander I.
The Homosexuality of Russian Tsars Vasily III and Ivan IV the Terrible
And who Fyodor Basmanov was.
Homosexuality in Ancient and Medieval Russia
Same-sex relationships and how they were viewed from Kievan Rus to Peter the Great.