Lying scales (torture method)

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The couchette scales ( Russian взнуздание , also called bridle ) is a torture method from the time of Stalinism .

method

A long, coarse cloth is pulled through the prisoner's mouth (the "bridle"), which is then tied over the back at the heels. In this posture he is left for longer, sometimes for several days, without eating or drinking. This method of torture was mainly used in Sukhanovka , but also in Arkhangelsk prison (examining magistrate Iwkow, 1940 ).

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Alexander Solzhenitsyn : The GULAG Archipelago , Volume I, Chapter 3: The interrogation , p. 114