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Andrei Chikatilo

October 16, 1936 – February 14, 1994

Soviet serial killer (1936–1994)

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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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  • Birthday · October 16
  • Anniversary · February 14

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