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Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova (née Ivanova, commonly known as Saltychikha; Russian: ????? ?????????? ?????????) (1730 - 1801) was a serial killer
Serial killer

A serial killer is a person who murders usually three or more people"One of the most famous [geographically stable] serial killers is Wayne Williams....
.

Saltykova was a young noblewoman from Moscow
Moscow

Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
 who became notorious for torturing
Torture

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 and killing over 100 of her serfs
Serfdom

Serfdom is the socio-economic status of unfree peasants under feudalism, and specifically relates to Manorialism. It was a condition of Debt bondage or modified slavery which developed primarily during the High Middle Ages in Europe....
, mostly women and girls. She was a sadist
Sadist

People who commit acts of sadism and masochism are called sadists and masochists respectively, for further information on the subject see the accompanying article: Sadism and masochism...
 who enjoyed physically abusing her servants.

This is very similar to the 17th century Chilean
Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow coastal strip wedged between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean....
 landowner La Quintrala
La Quintrala

Catalina de los R?os y Lisperguer was an aristocratic 17th century Chilean landowner, nicknamed La Quintrala because of her flaming red hair....
.

ykova married young and was widowed by the age of 26.






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Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova (née Ivanova, commonly known as Saltychikha; Russian: ????? ?????????? ?????????) (1730 - 1801) was a serial killer
Serial killer

A serial killer is a person who murders usually three or more people"One of the most famous [geographically stable] serial killers is Wayne Williams....
.

Saltykova was a young noblewoman from Moscow
Moscow

Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
 who became notorious for torturing
Torture

Torture, according to the United Nations Convention Against Torture, is:In addition to state-sponsored torture, individuals or groups may be motivated to inflict torture on others for similar reasons to those of a state; however, the motive for torture can also be for the sadism gratification of the torturer, as was the case in the Moors M...
 and killing over 100 of her serfs
Serfdom

Serfdom is the socio-economic status of unfree peasants under feudalism, and specifically relates to Manorialism. It was a condition of Debt bondage or modified slavery which developed primarily during the High Middle Ages in Europe....
, mostly women and girls. She was a sadist
Sadist

People who commit acts of sadism and masochism are called sadists and masochists respectively, for further information on the subject see the accompanying article: Sadism and masochism...
 who enjoyed physically abusing her servants.

This is very similar to the 17th century Chilean
Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow coastal strip wedged between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean....
 landowner La Quintrala
La Quintrala

Catalina de los R?os y Lisperguer was an aristocratic 17th century Chilean landowner, nicknamed La Quintrala because of her flaming red hair....
.

Early life

Saltykova married young and was widowed by the age of 26. With her husband's death, she inherited the substantial estate, where she lived with her two young sons and a substantial number of serfs. Becoming the undivided mistress of her estate allowed Saltykova to torture and murder serfs with no one the wiser.

Murders

Many early complaints to authorities about the deaths at the Saltykova estate were ignored, or resulted in punishment to the complainants, because Saltykova was well connected with holders of power at the royal court.

Trial and imprisonment

Eventually, however, relatives of the murdered women were able to bring a petition before Empress Catherine II
Catherine II of Russia

Catherine II, called Catherine the Great .The Russian empress Catherine II, known as Catherine the Great, reigned from 1762 to 1796. Under her direct auspices the Russian Empire expanded, improved in its administration, and underwent a dramatic policy of Westernization....
. Catherine decided to try Saltykova publicly, in order to further her "lawfulness" initiative. Saltykova was arrested in 1762.

Saltykova was held for six years (until 1768), while the authorities conducted a painstaking investigation. Catherine's Collegium of Justice
Collegium (ministry)

The collegia were government departments in Russian Empire, established in 1717 by Peter I of Russia. The departments were housed in the Twelve Collegia building in Saint Petersburg....
 questioned many witnesses and examined the records of the Saltykova estate. The investigating official counted as many as 138 suspicious deaths, of which the vast majority were attributed to Saltykova.

She was found guilty of having killed 138 female serfs by beating and torturing them to death, but the Empress was unsure about how to punish her; the death penalty had been abolished in Russia in 1754, and the new Empress needed the support of the nobility.

In 1768, Saltykova was chained on a platform in Moscow
Moscow

Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
 for one hour, with a sign around her neck with the text: "This woman has tortured and murdered." Many people came to look at her during the hour she was displayed. Afterward, she was sent to imprisonment for life in the basement of a convent
Convent

A convent may refer to a community of priests, religious brothers, religious sisters, or nuns, or it may refer to the building used by the community, particularly in the Roman Catholic Church and in the Anglican Communion....
.

Sources

  • Simon Sebag Montefiore, "Potemkin"

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  • La Quintrala
    La Quintrala

    Catalina de los R?os y Lisperguer was an aristocratic 17th century Chilean landowner, nicknamed La Quintrala because of her flaming red hair....
  • Delphine LaLaurie
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