A Renowned Russian Historian Decapitated His Student-Lover
VK.comHistorian Oleg Sokolov made crime news headlines this year when he murdered, decapitated, and dismembered his girlfriend and student, Anastasia Yeshchenko.
Unfortunately, not all crime news stories can be entertainingly bizarre, they can also be downright grisly.
In a crime of passion that sounds like something out of a horror-romance novel, a Russian professor confessed to murdering his young student who also happened to be his lover.
Famed Russian historian and author Oleg Sokolov, renowned for his books on French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, committed the heinous act in a jealous rage, according to police.
During an argument with his 24-year-old ingenue Anastasia Yeshchenko, the 63-year-old professor shot the woman before dismembering her and attempting to dispose of her body in the Moyka river in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Sokolov was discovered after he’d fallen into the river whilst disposing of Yeshchenko’s severed arms.
The murder came as somewhat of a shock to the rest of the students and faculty at the St. Petersburg State University, where Sokolov and Yeshchenko had openly flaunted their affair.
It was widely known that the two bonded over their love of French culture and literature and that they had co-authored studies together through the University.
In recent months, however, it also became known that Sokolov had become obsessive. Friends reported that he had seemed “obsessed” with Napoleon, and started calling Yeshchenko “Josephine” – Napoleon’s wife’s name.
Furthermore, it came to light that Sokolov had a shady history, which is now being investigated. Thus far, hundreds of students have signed a petition urging the university to look into their management policies.
