There are many torture museums in the world, but the majority of them are just like horror places dedicated to witches, werewolves, vampires, and other fictitious evil spirits. The torture museum in Moscow gives visitors a chance to explore the real and legal (!) methods of corporal punishment of the past in Russia. Russian people fight crime by various methods, from verbal warning to physical abuse. Whips, lashes, racks, medals for hard drinking, female chastity belts, stamping for burglars, breaking on the wheel, stretching machines, etc. Despite the terrible theme of the exposition, the main purpose of it is to help prevent crime among rising generation.
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