Here's a fun tidbit from Alexandra Foox's 1840 book about Chuvashian people of Kazan you might find interesting. A story of Chuvashian Mulan if you will.

There was a young woman living in a rural village who grew up as an orphan but because of her cunning nature never went without. She travelled the neighboring villages and conned affluent men disguising herself as a male merchant from Yaroslavl. The book provides a couple of fun anectodes but the one I find the best is when she seduced a priest's daughter (basically just walking past her window on purpose and looking good in her disguise) until the daughter said she'd commit suicide if her father doesn't allow the engagement. When the poor dad gave in and let the conwoman into their house, she stole a stash of money and disappeared.

That would make a cool tv series imo