List of Soviet and post-Soviet serial killers nicknamed after Andrei Chikatilo

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The following is a list of Soviet and post-Soviet serial killers [n 1] nicknamed after Andrei Chikatilo , who sexually assaulted, murdered and mutilated at least 52 women as well as children of both genders between 1978 and his arrest in 1990.

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Soviet

NameYears activeProven victimsPossible victimsStatusNickname and general informationRef
Alexander Skrynnik 1970s–198033Deceased; executed by firing squad in 1981"The Moldavian Chikatilo"; murdered and mutilated three women in Yakutia and Kishinev. [1]
Nikolay Sakharov 197733Deceased; executed by firing squad on 5 February 1979"The Vologda Chikatilo"; kidnapped, raped, and bludgeoned three young girls in Vologda. [2]
Konstantin Cheryomushkhin 1986–198944Deceased; executed by firing squad in 1993"Chikatilo's Double"; raped, murdered, and mutilated four girls aged 9-14 in Bataysk. [3]
Sergey Golovkin 1986–19921113+Deceased; executed by gunshot at Butyrka Prison on 2 August 1996"Chikatilo's Apprentice"; abducted, tortured, raped, murdered, and mutilated at least 11 young boys aged 10-16 in his garage basement or forests around Moscow. [4]

Post-Soviet

NameYears activeProven victimsPossible victimsStatusNickname and general informationRef
Nikolai Dudin 1987–20021313Serving a life sentence at White Swan Prison "The Furmanov Chikatilo"; murdered his father and twelve other people he deemed to have "humiliated [his] dignity" in Furmanov. [5]
Vladimir Retunsky 1990–1996812Free; served a sentence of 15 years at Vladimir Central Prison and was released in 2012"The Chikatilo of Khopyor River" and "The Voronezh Chikatilo"; raped, murdered, and mutilated between eight and 12 female hitchhikers in his hometown of Povorino. [6]
Vadim Ershov 1992–19951919Serving a life sentence at Black Dolphin Prison "The Krasnoyarsk Chikatilo" [n 2] ; robbed, raped, and murdered 19 young girls and elderly women in and around Krasnoyarsk. [7]
Roman Burtsev 1993–199666Died December 2023 at White Swan Prison"The Kamensky Chikatilo"; raped and strangled five young girls aged 7-12, also bludgeoning one of the victims' 12-year-old brother, in his hometown of Kamensk-Shakhtinsky.
Vladimir Mukhankin 199599Serving a life sentence at Black Dolphin Prison"The Pupil of Chikatilo"; murdered and mutilated nine girls and women in and around Shakhty.
Sergey Shipilov 1995–19991414Serving a life sentence at Black Dolphin Prison"The Velsk Chikatilo" and "The Arkhangelsk Chikatilo"; raped and murdered 14 female hitchhikers in and around the town of Velsk, most of them while out on prison leave. [8]
Vadim Krotov 1997–199944Serving a life sentence at Black Dolphin Prison"The Nakhodka Chikatilo"; lured four teenage girls into his apartment in Nakhodka and raped them on camera after getting them intoxicated on alcohol, strangling them after. [9]
Yevgeny Petrov 1998–20031111Serving a life sentence at the Polar Owl prison colonyThe "New Ural Chikatilo"; pedophile and serial killer who confessed to 11 murders. [10]
Anatoly Sedykh 1998–20031212Deceased; committed suicide at the Black Berkut prison colony on 11 June 2023"The Lipetsk Chikatilo"; raped and murdered 12 young women in Lipetsk, robbing the corpses afterwards.
Yevgeny Chuplinsky 1998–20051929Serving a life sentence at the Snezhinka labor colony"The Siberian Chikatilo"; murdered and mutilated between 19 and 29 prostitutes in and around Novosibirsk. [11]
Sergey Cherny 19991011Deceased; died of pneumonia in a psychiatric hospital on 24 June 2001"The Smolensk Chikatilo"; strangled ten or 11 women in Smolensk. [12]
Nikolai Litvin 19991010+Sentenced to compulsory treatment"The Prokopyevsk Chikatilo"; raped and strangled at least ten girls and young women. [13]
Tofik Haroyan 2000–2002620+Sentenced to compulsory treatment"The Krasnodar Chikatilo"; schizophrenic man who raped, robbed, and murdered female hitchhikers. [14]
Valery Kopytov 2000–20041919Serving a prison sentence of 25 years"The Barnaul Chikatilo"; homeless man who killed 19 other homeless people in Altai Krai, either as a result of arguments or in order to rob them. [15]
Yuri Gritsenko 200155Serving a prison sentence of 22 years"The Zelenograd Chikatilo"; bludgeoned five women in his hometown shortly after being released from prison for a previous murder committed at an unknown date. [16]
Dmitry Tambasov 2001–2002311+Serving a prison sentence of 25 years"The Perm Chikatilo"; convicted of raping and murdering three women; suspected of killing a total of 11. [17]
Oleg Zaikin 2001–200699+Deceased; committed suicide by hanging at SIZO No. 1 on 20 November 2006"The Urals Chikatilo"; raped and murdered at least nine women and children in several regions across Russia. [18]
Abdufatto Zamanov 2002–20041414Serving a life sentence at the Polar Owl prison colony"The Krasnoyarsk Chikatilo" [n 3] ; murdered 14 people out of rage in Krasnoyarsk. [19]
Vladimir Zhukov 2002–200634Serving a life sentence at White Swan Prison"The Nizhegorodsky Chikatilo" and "The New Chikatilo"; abducted, raped and murdered three or four children in Nizhny Novgorod. [20]
Artur Shayakhmetov 2002–201099Serving a life sentence in prison"The Astrakhan Chikatilo"; robbed and murdered nine people in Astrakhan. [21]
Alexey Falkin 2004–201744Serving a life sentence in prison"The Ural Chikatilo"; raped and murdered women in and around Yekaterinburg. [22]
Oleg Chizhov 2006–200744Serving a prison sentence of 22.5 years"The Birsky Chikatilo"; brutally raped and murdered women in and around Birsk. [23]
Vladimir Tushinsky 2010–201455Deceased; died of cardiac arrest on 5 August 2016"The Kamchatka Chikatilo"; raped and murdered girls and young women in Kamchatka Krai. [24]
Andrey Yezhov 2010–202077+Deceased; committed suicide by hanging on 6 July 2020"The Podmoskovsky Chikatilo"; raped and murdered (or murdered and then raped) young girls and elderly women in Moscow. [25]
Murad Nurmagomedov 2013–2016 (confirmed)
2004–2016 (suspected)		45Serving a sentence of 18 years at a prison labor colony"The Kaspiysk Chikatilo"; drug trafficker who murdered acquaintances at his house in Kaspiysk. [26]
Bakhtiyor Matyakubov 20151010+Serving a life sentence in prison"The Uzbek Chikatilo"; raped and murdered middle-aged women across Russia, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. [27]

Notes

  1. ↑ In the context of the article, a “Soviet” serial killer refers to one whose crimes took place primarily between the formation of the Soviet Union in 1922 and its dissolution in 1991, and a “post-Soviet” serial killer refers to one whose crimes took place primarily after said dissolution.
  2. ↑ This nickname is shared with another serial killer on this list, Abdufatto Zamanov.
  3. ↑ This nickname is shared with another serial killer on this list, Vadim Ershov.

References

  1. ↑ "Александр Скрынник. Молдавские маньяки ⋆ BRW Журнал". brw.md. Retrieved 2018-10-03.
  2. ↑ Высшая мера
  3. ↑ "Как не стать жертвой маньяка?". 16 April 2004. Archived from the original on 12 June 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
  4. ↑ Сергей Головкин (Sergey Golovkin)
  5. ↑ Елена Аристархова. (20 August 2004). "Обидчивый маньяк" [The grim maniac] (in Russian). Российская газета. №3554. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
  6. ↑ Первое интервью после долгого молчания. Поворинский преступник Владимир Ретунский: «Я знаю, что меня хотят убить»
  7. ↑ Тучкова С. (26 October 2007). "Я был по сути бог". Труд . Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  8. ↑ «Шипиловский маньяк», отбывающий пожизненное, вспомнил о других, ранее совершенных убийствах
  9. ↑ "КРОТОВ ВАДИМ СЕРГЕЕВИЧ. Обжалуется судебный акт 1-ой инстанции от 6 October 1999 15 October 2015 года". Archived from the original on 6 January 2016.
  10. ↑ "Вынесен приговор новоуральскому Чикатило, убившему 8 девочек и 2 женщины". NEWSru. 6 April 2005. Archived from the original on 7 December 2024.
  11. ↑ ТОП-5 Маньяков на свободе (на территории бывшего СССР) (in Russian)
  12. ↑ Документальный фильм из цикла «Криминальная Россия» — «Чёрная лента»
  13. ↑ "Prokopyevsk Strangler Recognized Immable" (in Russian). Moskovskij Komsomolets. September 2, 2009.
  14. ↑ "В подворотне не ждет маньяк" (in Russian). www.yugopolis.ru. Archived from the original on July 20, 2020. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
  15. ↑ "Barnaul "Chikatilo" lived in a dugout behind the New Bridge, where prosecutors found a burial of 13 corpses" (in Russian). www.bankfax.ru. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  16. ↑ Comrade Sukhov declared war on the bandits
  17. ↑ Veronica Svizeva (August 22, 2022). "Насиловал и убивал женщин. Вспоминаем историю «пермского Чикатило» — суд заменил его пожизненное на 25 лет" [Raped and killed women. We remember the story of the "Perm Chikatilo" - the court replaced his life sentence with 25 years]. 59.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on November 2, 2022.
  18. ↑ ""Черниковский маньяк" повесился в одиночной камере в следственном изоляторе". МедиаКорСеть. 21 November 2006. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  19. ↑ В Красноярске повторно осудили маньяка Заманова: 14 трупов, 2 изнасилования детей
  20. ↑ Нижегородский педофил-«Чикатило», отбывающий пожизненный срок, сознался ещё в одном убийстве
  21. ↑ "Астраханец получил пожизненный срок за многочисленные убийства и грабежи" [Astrakhan man received a life sentence for numerous murders and robberies] (in Russian). Lotosgtrk.ru. June 29, 2020. Archived from the original on May 21, 2022.
  22. ↑ "In the Urals, a man who worked for the Ministry of Emergency Situations, raped and killed women for 13 years" (in Russian). newsru.com. April 18, 2018.
  23. ↑ "В Башкирии маньяк два года насиловал и убивал девушек". 30 January 2009.
  24. ↑ Хитров В. "Край бездны" (105 (25 сентября 2015)) (Новая газета  ed.): 13.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  25. ↑ Alexander Stepanov (June 27, 2020). "НАСЛЕДНИК ЧИКАТИЛО: СТАНОВИТСЯ ИЗВЕСТНО О ВСЁ НОВЫХ ЖЕРТВАХ КАШИРСКОГО МАНЬЯКА" [CHIKATILO'S HEIR: MORE VICTIMS OF KASHIRSKY MANIAC IDENTIFIED] (in Russian). Tsargrad TV. Archived from the original on February 4, 2022.
  26. ↑ "Кладбище в огороде..." [Cemetery in the garden...]. Chernovik (in Russian). October 11, 2017. Archived from the original on September 25, 2022.
  27. ↑ Yulia Afanasyeva (February 4, 2019). "Похождения маньяка Матякубова, убившего 10 женщин: ненависть испытывал с детства" [The adventures of the maniac Matyakubov, who killed 10 women: he has experienced hatred since childhood] (in Russian). Moskovskij Komsomolets. Archived from the original on May 24, 2022.
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