Andrei Chikatilo

Soviet serial killer (1936–1994)

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Lived 1936–1994, aged 58

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1936–1994
Aged 58

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Updated 2026-05-29

Soviet serial killer responsible for at least 52 murders across three republics between 1978 and 1990. Chikatilo's case dominated Soviet media during his trial and became a watershed moment for public awareness of serial killing in the USSR.

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Andrei Romanovich Chikatilo 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.

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