Peter the Great’s Sexuality: Wives, Mistresses, Men, and His Connection to Menshikov
Was Russia’s first emperor bisexual? Or did he love only women?
Russian lgbt history
Russian Empress Anna Leopoldovna and the Maid of Honour Juliana: Possibly the First Documented Lesbian Relationship in Russian History
"... she spends most of her time in the apartments of her favourite, Mengden."
Homosexuality in the 18th-Century Russian Empire — Europe-Imported Homophobic Laws and How They Were Enforced
From Peter the Great to Alexander I.
The Homosexuality of Russian Tsars: Vasily III and Ivan IV “the Terrible”
And who Fyodor Basmanov was.
Homosexuality in Ancient and Medieval Russia
Same-sex relationships and how they were viewed from Kievan Rus to Peter the Great.