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Masha and Dasha Krivoshlyapova | |
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| Born | Мария и Дарья Кривошляповы 3 January 1950 |
| Died | 17 April 2003 (aged 53) Moscow, Russia |
| Known for | Conjoined twins |
Maria "Masha" Ivanovna Krivoshlyapova and Daria "Dasha" Ivanovna Krivoshlyapova (Russian: Мария "Маша" Ивановна Кривошляпова и Дарья "Даша" Ивановна Кривошляпова, IPA: [mɐˈrʲijə ɪ ˈdarʲjə krʲɪvəˈʂlʲapəvə]; 3 January 1950 – 17 April 2003) were Ischiopagus tripus conjoined twins from Russia.
They were removed from their mother's custody at birth to be studied by Soviet physiologists. Their mother was told that her daughters had died soon after their birth.[1]
The Soviet physiologist Pyotr Anokhin was studying the separate roles of the nervous system and the blood system on the body's ability to adjust to conditions such as prolonged sleep deprivation, extreme hunger, and extreme temperature change.[1] Conjoined twins who shared a blood system but had separate nervous systems were ideal objects for research. He had put out an alert to all maternity hospitals in the USSR to be informed if any conjoined twins were born. He began studying Masha and Dasha within days of their birth.
- ^ a b Myall, Steve (10 August 2017). "Siamese twins tortured by Stalin's scientists - and how one condemned herself to death when her sister died". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 26 May 2021.