The book recreates a wide panorama of the most important historical events in Russia, showing the life of queens and princesses of the 17th century. For the first time, a vivid and capacious image of Boris Godunov’s wife Maria Skuratova-Belskaya, who became the ruler after the death of her husband, the unfortunate half-tsarina Maria Buynosova, who did a lot to perpetuate the memory of the unpopular Tsar Vasily Shuisky, Evdokia Streshneva, who ensured the continuity of the royal dynasty, and others, is presented. portraits of more famous heroines: Princess Ksenia, glorified in folk songs, Marina Mnishek - the wife of two impostors, the intelligent and energetic Princess Sophia. At the same time, both the complex vicissitudes of the life of each of the heroines are revealed, as well as their inner world, character, relationships with children, husband, relatives.