An Ottoman ship is bringing female slaves for the Ottoman palace. Eng voice + Eng subs

An Ottoman ship set sail from Crimea in the Black Sea, bringing female slaves as gifts for the Ottoman palace On this ship was Alexandra La Rossa, the daughter of a Ukrainian Orthodox minister, taken away from her family and sold to the Crimean palace. Playlist Magnificent Century Eng voice Eng subs Alexandra was born in 1502 in Ruthenia. She was the daughter of an Orthodox priest, and her native language was Ukrainian or Ruthenian. In the 1520s Crimean Tartars captured her during one of their frequent raids into this region, took her as a slave (first selling her to the Crimean city of Kaffa, a major center of the slave trade, then to Istanbul), and she and her friend from her village, Maria, were sent to Sultan Suleiman s harem. Eng language magnificent century episodes english voiceover