Imagine being a woman in a Russian police station around the Victorian and Edwardian periods. A massive gorilla of a policeman is beating your face in with brass knuckles and beating you up like he would a male thug or hooligan on the streets. All because a rich woman accused you of stealing a ring while you were her housemaid.
And you confess because you want the smashing of your skull to stop. This is some really fucked up shit.
anonymousOther May 08, 2024 at 6:02 pm00
"After three days the police brought the girl back to the Hal-
perins*. Anushka bore on her body and her face palpable traces
of the “ arguments ” of the police. Her eyes were sunk in their
sockets so that they could scarcely be seen, and dark blue rings
surrounded them. Her nose was unnaturally thick and swollen.
When she opened her mouth gaps like broken window panes
could be seen in her teeth. Anushka had admitted taking the ring,
and had been conducted to the house by the police to point out
where she had hidden it. But in the place indicated by her—her
bed—nothing was to be found. Anushka caught at the excuse
that the ring might..." anonymous 2 weeks ago
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"After three days the police brought the girl back to the Hal-
perins*. Anushka bore on her body and her face palpable traces
of the “ arguments ” of the police. Her eyes were sunk in their
sockets so that they could scarcely be seen, and dark blue rings
surrounded them. Her nose was unnaturally thick and swollen.
When she opened her mouth gaps like broken window panes
could be seen in her teeth. Anushka had admitted taking the ring,
and had been conducted to the house by the police to point out
where she had hidden it. But in the place indicated by her—her
bed—nothing was to be found. Anushka caught at the excuse
that the ring might..."
anonymous 2 weeks ago