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Andréi Chikatilo

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Andréi Chikatilo

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Also known as Andrey Romanovich Chikatilo, The Butcher of Rostov, The Rostov Ripper, The Red Ripper

Soviet serial killer (1936–1994)

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Country
Soviet Union
Active from
1936
Active to
1994

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Born
( 1936-10-16 ) 16 October 1936, Yabluchne [ uk ] , Sumy Oblast , Ukrainian SSR , Soviet Union
Died
14 February 1994 (1994-02-14) (aged 57), Novocherkassk, Rostov Oblast , Russia
Cause of death
Execution by shooting
Other names
The Butcher of Rostov, The Forest Strip Killer , The Red Ripper, The Rostov Ripper
Criminal status
Executed
Spouse
Feodosia Odnacheva ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1963 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1992 ) ​
Motive
Sexual sadism Rage
Convictions
Murder with aggravating circumstances (52 counts), Sexual abuse , Sexual assault
Criminal penalty
Death
Victims
52 convicted, 53 tried, 56+ claimed
Span of crimes
22 December 1978 – 6 November 1990
Country
Soviet Union
Date apprehended
20 November 1990

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date of birth
1936-10-16
date of death
1994-02-14
Commons category
Andrei Chikatilo
name in native language
Андрій Романович Чикатило
nickname
Убийца из лесополосы
start of work period
1978-00-00
end of work period
1990-00-00
number of victims of killer
43
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Andrei Romanovich Chikatilo (Russian: Андрей Романович Чикатило; Ukrainian: Андрій Романович Чикатило, romanized: Andrii Romanovych Chykatylo; 16 October 1936 – 14 February 1994) was a Ukrainian-born Soviet serial killer nicknamed "the Butcher of Rostov", "the Rostov Ripper", and "the Red Ripper" who sexually assaulted, murdered, and mutilated at least fifty-two women and children between 1978 and 1990 in the Russian SFSR, the Ukrainian SSR, and the Uzbek SSR.

Chikatilo confessed to fifty-six murders; he was tried for fifty-three murders in April 1992. He was convicted and sentenced to death for fifty-two of these murders in October 1992, although the Supreme Court of Russia ruled in 1993 that insufficient evidence existed to prove his guilt in nine of those killings. Chikatilo was executed by gunshot in February 1994.

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