Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova (née Ivanova, commonly known as Saltychikha was a Russian Countess and serial killer. Saltykova was a young noblewoman from Moscow who became notorious for torturing and killing over a hundred of her serfs, mostly women and girls. She was a sadist who enjoyed physically abusing her servants. Saltykova married young and was widowed by age 26. With her husband's death, she inherited the substantial estate, … Wikipedia
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