The conjoined twin sisters snatched at birth from their mother and subjected to cruel medical 'experiments': One turned into a psychopath, the other a gentle soul who longed for a normal life

Snatched from their Russian mother following their birth, Masha and Dasha Krivoshlyopova were subjected to a variety of cruel medical 'experiments' by Stalin's Soviet medical authorities.
The girls shared a blood system but had separate nervous systems - so were seen as ideal subjects for research.
Treated as medical guinea pigs they were burnt, frozen, starved, electrocuted, kept forcibly awake and injected with radioactive and other toxic substances in the name of 'science'.
The twins were institutionalised for much of their lives but their horrific story has now been revealed in full for the first time by journalist Juliet Butler.
Ms Butler befriended Masha and Dasha and said despite sharing the same genetics, horrific childhood and all of their lives the same lower body - the sisters had wildly different personalities.
One was a cruel, domineering 'psychopath' who was 'emotionally abusive' to her caring, empath sister who remained gentle and kind and longed for a normal life.

Ms Butler, who met them in 1988 and became friends with them, told MailOnline: 'I've no doubt at all that Masha was a psychopath - she ticked all the boxes.
'Dasha was in an emotionally abusive relationship - similar to the situation some people find themselves in with a partner.
'But while those people have a chance to leave, Dasha physically couldn't.

Almost immediately after the twins were born on January 1950 by caesarean section, they snatched from their mother Yekaterina - who was told her babies had died shortly after birth.
Dasha and Masha were taken away to, a medical institute in the Moscow region, the Academy of Medical Sciences Pediatric Institute, to be used as medical guinea pigs.
The girls shared a blood system but had separate nervous systems - so were seen as ideal subjects for research.

Then on April 17, 2003, Masha died of a heart attack - even then Dasha refused separation, perhaps out of her own need to stay close to her sister, or out of loyalty.
Dasha was taken to hospital and died another 17 hours later due to blood poisoning from the toxic by-products of Masha's decomposing body.



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Fancy having to live like that.

Apparently Masha split up a romance for her sister. I have to question how she'd have a date, kiss or romantic time with her sister attached to her.

What a tragic story.
Its amazing that they lived to such an age, even more amazing that they somehow managed to live like this with some sort of acceptance.

Syl wrote:What a tragic story.
Its amazing that they lived to such an age, even more amazing that they somehow managed to live like this with some sort of acceptance.

What is fascinating is that one was a psychopath and the other a sweet kind person.

tragic