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

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

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Name Years active Proven victims Possible victims Status Nickname and general information Ref
Nikolay Sakharov 1977 3 3 Deceased; executed by firing squad on 5 February 1979 "The Vologda Chikatilo"; kidnapped, raped, and bludgeoned three young girls in Vologda. [1]
Alexander Skrynnik 1970s–1980 3 3 Deceased; executed by firing squad in 1981 "The Moldavian Chikatilo"; murdered and mutilated three women in Yakutia and Kishinev. [2]
Konstantin Cheryomushkhin 1986–1989 4 4 Deceased; executed by firing squad in 1993 "Chikatilo's Double"; raped, murdered, and mutilated four girls aged 9-14 in Bataysk. [3]
Sergey Golovkin 1986–1992 11 13+ 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

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Name Years active Proven victims Possible victims Status Nickname and general information Ref
Nikolai Dudin 1987–2002 13 13 Serving 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 1990–1996 8 12 Free; 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 1992–1995 19 19 Serving 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 1993–1996 6 6 Serving a life sentence 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 1995 9 9 Serving a life sentence at Black Dolphin Prison "The Pupil of Chikatilo"; murdered and mutilated nine girls and women in and around Shakhty.
Sergey Shipilov 1995–1999 14 14 Serving 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 1997–1999 4 4 Serving 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]
Anatoly Sedykh 1998–2003 12 12 Deceased; 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 1998–2005 19 29 Serving a life sentence at the Snezhinka labor colony "The Siberian Chikatilo"; murdered and mutilated between 19 and 29 prostitutes in and around Novosibirsk. [10]
Sergey Cherny 1999 10 11 Deceased; died of pneumonia in a psychiatric hospital on 24 June 2001 "The Smolensk Chikatilo"; strangled ten or 11 women in Smolensk. [11]
Nikolai Litvin 1999 10 10+ Sentenced to compulsory treatment "The Prokopyevsk Chikatilo"; raped and strangled at least ten girls and young women. [12]
Tofik Haroyan 2000–2002 6 20+ Sentenced to compulsory treatment "The Krasnodar Chikatilo"; schizophrenic man who raped, robbed, and murdered female hitchhikers. [13]
Valery Kopytov 2000–2004 19 19 Serving 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. [14]
Yuri Gritsenko 2001 5 5 Serving 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. [15]
Oleg Zaikin 2001–2006 9 9+ 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. [16]
Abdufatto Zamanov 2002–2004 14 14 Serving a life sentence at the Polar Owl prison colony "The Krasnoyarsk Chikatilo"[n 3]; murdered 14 people out of rage in Krasnoyarsk. [17]
Vladimir Zhukov 2002–2006 3 4 Serving 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. [18]
Artur Shayakhmetov 2002–2010 9 9 Serving a life sentence in prison "The Astrakhan Chikatilo"; robbed and murdered nine people in Astrakhan. [19]
Alexey Falkin 2004–2017 4 4 Serving a life sentence in prison "The Ural Chikatilo"; raped and murdered women in and around Yekaterinburg. [20]
Oleg Chizhov 2006–2007 4 4 Serving a prison sentence of 22.5 years "The Birsky Chikatilo"; brutally raped and murdered women in and around Birsk. [21]
Vladimir Tushinsky 2010–2014 5 5 Deceased; died of cardiac arrest on 5 August 2016 "The Kamchatka Chikatilo"; raped and murdered girls and young women in Kamchatka Krai. [22]
Andrey Yezhov 2010–2020 7 7+ 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. [23]
Murad Nurmagomedov 2013–2016 (confirmed)
2004–2016 (suspected) 		4 5 Serving a sentence of 18 years at a prison labor colony "The Kaspiysk Chikatilo"; drug trafficker who murdered acquaintances at his house in Kaspiysk. [24]
Bakhtiyor Matyakubov 2015 10 10+ Serving a life sentence in prison "The Uzbek Chikatilo"; raped and murdered middle-aged women across Russia, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. [25]

Notes

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  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

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  12. ^ "Prokopyevsk Strangler Recognized Immable" (in Russian). Moskovskij Komsomolets. September 2, 2009.
  13. ^ "В подворотне не ждет маньяк" (in Russian). www.yugopolis.ru. Archived from the original on July 20, 2020. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
  14. ^ "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.
  15. ^ Comrade Sukhov declared war on the bandits
  16. ^ ""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.
  17. ^ В Красноярске повторно осудили маньяка Заманова: 14 трупов, 2 изнасилования детей
  18. ^ Нижегородский педофил-«Чикатило», отбывающий пожизненный срок, сознался ещё в одном убийстве
  19. ^ "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.
  20. ^ "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.
  21. ^ "В Башкирии маньяк два года насиловал и убивал девушек". 30 January 2009.
  22. ^ Хитров В. "Край бездны" (105 (25 сентября 2015)) (Новая газета ed.): 13. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  23. ^ 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.
  24. ^ "Кладбище в огороде..." [Cemetery in the garden...]. Chernovik (in Russian). October 11, 2017. Archived from the original on September 25, 2022.
  25. ^ 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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