http://ukrainianplaces.com/en/taxonomy/term/2137/all en http://ukrainianplaces.com/en/cemetery/grave/roxelanas-hurrems-tomb <a href="/en/cemetery/grave/roxelanas-hurrems-tomb"><img src="http://ukrainianplaces.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/teaser_thumbnail/images/2010.08.16--p1030035.jpg" alt="" title="" class="teaserthumbnail" align="left" width="120" height="90" /></a><a href="/en/cemetery/grave/roxelanas-hurrems-tomb"></a><div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-appearance-date"> <div class="field-label">Appearance date:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 1558 </div> </div> </div> <div class="image-attach-teaser image-attach-node-1943" style="width: 100px;"><a href="/en/cemetery/grave/roxelanas-hurrems-tomb"></a></div> <p>Ukrainian girl (imaginated name Anastasia Lisovska) was <span style="font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19px; font-size: 13px;">known to Europeans&nbsp;</span>as Roxelana, and to Turkish as Hürrem. First she was a concubine, and later a wife of Süleyman the Magnificent of the Ottoman Empire. According to basic version, she was born approximately in 1500-1506 in Orthodox priest's family in Rohatyn town (now in Ifano-Frankovsk area, Ukraine). She was captured by Crimean Tatars in 1518 during their raid to the town. Later Roxelana was taken to Sultan's&nbsp;harem.</p> <p><a href="http://ukrainianplaces.com/en/cemetery/grave/roxelanas-hurrems-tomb" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://ukrainianplaces.com/en/cemetery/grave/roxelanas-hurrems-tomb#comments 41.015705 28.964746 Grave Istanbul Roxelana Tue, 12 Oct 2010 22:07:16 +0000 Svirya 1946 at http://ukrainianplaces.com