Title: Ruslan
Description: Left penniless thanks to her spendthrift father, Countess Alexandra Korvin struggles to restore her fortunes, until, craving freedom and rebelling against the confines of being a woman, she cuts off her hair and joins the army as a man.
Subjects: Passing (Identity), Fiction, Women soldiers, Poor women, Nobility, History
Places: Russia
Time periods: Nicholas II, 1894-1917