Princess Olga-Elena, Polotsk princess Rogneda Rogvoldovna, Byzantine princesses Anna Romanovna and Maria Konstantinovna, German princess Oda, nun Anna-Yanka, Empress Eupraxia-Adelheide, Swedish princess Christina, Novgorodian Lyubava Dmitrievna... The lives of these and many other outstanding nobles women of the X-XIII centuries. had a serious influence on the formation and development of the Old Russian state as a whole. They also contributed to the expansion of international contacts and the perception on Russian soil of the best examples of world culture, including architecture, painting, writing and applied art. The names of some of them are well known, others remained on the pages of chronicles and are almost forgotten. The book is addressed to a wide range of readers.