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A quote from Vladimir Fedorovsky's book "The Tsaritsa" (I translated it using Google, so sorry if something is incorrect):
The relationship of the first tsar and the first tsarina, based on tenderness and mutual respect, did not correspond to the norms of the time, but rather reminded us of the previous era. Indeed, at the beginning of the Middle Ages, the Russian woman was equal to a man, and many women managed estates or participated in military expeditions alongside their husbands. Moreover, Russian human legends testify to the existence of strong women, fearless warriors of the Mongols in the country in the 13th century, and the influence of the Byzantine church contributed to the gradual loss of women's autonomy and rights. Considered in the 15th century as an unclean being, and therefore subordinate to men, the woman was locked in a terema. There she endured violence from her husband and even his friends, because it was a common custom for husbands to "borrow or rent" their woman's charms... The Church allowed a husband to whip his wife: "in moderation and for her good", and if he killed her, the murder was judged with leniency.
It left me speechless when I read it.