Russian Historian Accumulated Deceased Females Akin to Doll Collections - Anatoly Moskvin
In the chilling case that has sent shockwaves through the city of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, a local historian and expert on cemeteries was arrested in 2011 for his macabre activities. Anatoly Moskvin, 50, was found guilty of exhuming corpses and mummifying them in his home, a crime that left 29 families devastated.
The gruesome discovery was made when authorities raided Moskvin's apartment, finding mummified corpses of human girls, disguised as life-sized dolls. One of the mummies had a piece of her own gravestone with her name scrawled on it inside her body, while another contained a hospital tag with the date and the cause of the girl's death. Shoes in Moskvin's apartment matched footprints found near desecrated graves, providing further evidence of his heinous crimes.
Moskvin confessed to 44 counts of abusing graves and dead bodies, admitting that his macabre interest began as a schoolboy and continued throughout his life. He even recalled a 1979 incident where he was 13 years old and forced to kiss the corpse of an 11-year-old girl named Natasha Petrova.
Local prosecutors agreed with the assessment, and Moskvin was diagnosed with schizophrenia. His parents, however, claimed to know nothing of the true origin of Moskvin's "dolls."
Natalia Chardymova, the mother of Moskvin's first victim, believes Moskvin should stay locked up for the rest of his life. She expressed her despair and anger, stating, "He took my daughter away from me. He should never be allowed to walk free again."
The tragedy began in 2009 when graves in Nizhny Novgorod began to turn up vandalized. Over the next two years, Moskvin visited over 750 cemeteries in the city, desecrating graves and stealing corpses. His activities came to an end when the authorities finally caught up with him in 2011.
Moskvin's arrest marked a grim end to a series of horrifying incidents that left the city of Nizhny Novgorod reeling. The case serves as a stark reminder of the importance of respecting the dead and upholding the sanctity of graves.
