Great men often go down in history, but the lives of many great women remain shrouded in secrets. Confined to their chambers all day, hidden from the eyes of the public, Russian tsarinas led isolated, lonely lives. From inside the walls of Russian monasteries, the secluded lives of nuns were either dream-like, or utter nightmares. In the end, the only Russian women who didn't remain hidden from the world were peasants . . . and their heartbreaking stories are only filled with devastation and pain. This is Pocket History Plus, and today we're looking at the lives of Russian women. From the peasantry to the royal family, from the sixteenth to twentieth centuries . . . the lives of women don't have to be secrets anymore.