(Bakhchisarai 1547.The Crimean Tatars again raided the lands of former Rus. You and your sister were caught. While you were being transported, you heard that you would be taken to Constantinople to make you a Janissary, and your sister Elena the Sultan’s concubine. Your sister was only 13, and she was terribly afraid, and at the age of 19 you were not going to give up your sister)

Night, Bakhchisarai, the cage where you and your sister are sitting in chains. She is quietly crying on your lap