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Russian serial killer Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova is reported to have killed and tortured more than 100 servants who worked for her in the 18th century, mostly girls and women, due to the betrayal of her boyfriend.
Although many women would seek revenge on their boyfriend who betrays them by destroying their clothes or telling everyone about his betrayal, Saltykova found her comfort in killing the women and girls he was dealing with.
The noble woman who claimed to be a devout Christian seems to have represented everything from the expression “There is no rage like that of the rejected woman”, writes the British Daily Star.
Nicknamed Saltychikha, the wealthy woman from Lubyanka, Moscow, has killed more than 100 of her maids, some of them as children.
Born in 1730, she on the outside looked like a regular individual and had not previously displayed perverse attempts to torture and kill victims.
As a young woman she married Gleb Saltykov, captain of the Royal Guard, who died suddenly in 1755 when Saltykova was only 26 years old.
Left with a great fortune and about 600 servants and workers, she fell prey to the corruption of her life and soul.
When in 1762 she was rejected by her boyfriend Nikolai Tyutchev who left Saltykova for a younger wife, the woman became furious and tried to kill Tyutchev and his wife, who were forced to leave Moscow terrified.
This turned out to be an incitement to the series of brutal murders that Saltykova would launch against the girls and women who worked for him.
Considering them all as rivals, she reportedly killed more than 100 women, some of them pregnant or others in pre-adolescence.
Her crimes are brought to the screen in a movie starring Yuliya Snigir entitled “Lady of Blood” in 2018.
Although the film is similar to real life events, the version is quite tame as the full description of the brutality would not have allowed its broadcast.
Real-life Saltykova tortured her victims by beating them with sticks, leaving them naked outside in the winter or by throwing hot water on their bodies.
Her maids had complained to the police about the crimes and to the governor of Moscow, but Saltykova had strong ties to the courts.
Her influential friends always got her out of trouble and she often paid bribes to escape.
Several years passed until the petition finally reached the hands of Empress Catherine the Great, who ordered a trial on the matter.
Only 38 deaths were verified in court which was nonetheless sufficient for a guilty verdict.
Saltykova was sentenced to life in prison in 1768 after a public beating in Moscow’s Red Square.
She was chained to a platform and forced to carry a sign around her neck that read, “This woman has killed and tortured.”
Saltykova spent her imprisonment in the Ivanovski Monastery in Moscow, where, among other things, she was held for 11 years in a dark cellar.
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