Russian Serial Killers

Rank the Most Wicked Russian Serial Killers

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 1 
Andrei Chikatilo
(Soviet Serial Killer)
Andrei Chikatilo
42
Birthdate: October 16, 1936
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Yabluchne, Ukraine
Died: February 14, 1994
Andrei Chikatilo, known as the “Butcher of Rostov” and the “Rostov Ripper,” was a Russian serial killer who confessed to killing 56 people, from the 1970s to the 1990s, and was sentenced to death for 52. He also sexually assaulted his victims, who were all either women or children.
 2 
Alexander Pichushkin
(Serial Killer)
Alexander Pichushkin
16
Birthdate: April 9, 1974
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Mytishchi

Known as the Chessboard Killer, Alexander Pichushkin set out to kill people matching all the 64 squares on his chessboard, and would cross out a square with every kill. Mostly targeting elderly people, he managed to kill about 48 to 60 people and was eventually sentenced to life imprisonment.

 3 
Irina Gaidamachuk
(Serial killer)
Irina Gaidamachuk
27
Birthdate: September 26, 1972
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Nyagan, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Soviet Union
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 4 
Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova
(Russian Noblewoman, Sadist and Serial Killer)
Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova
51
Birthdate: March 22, 1730
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Russia
Died: December 27, 1801

Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova was a noblewoman, serial killer, and sadist. She achieved notoriety for torturing and killing at least 38 female serfs. Since she was well-connected with the Russian nobility and with those in power at the royal court, Darya got away with many of her murders until she was found guilty in a trial organized by Empress Catherine II.

 5 
Olga Konstantinovna Briscorn
(Serial Killer)
Olga Konstantinovna Briscorn
11
Birthdate: 1776 AD
Birthplace: Russian Empire
Died: March 30, 1836
 6 
Mikhail Popkov
(Serial killer)
Mikhail Popkov
22
Birthdate: March 7, 1964
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Angarsk, Russia
 7 
Tamara Samsonova
(Serial killer)
Tamara Samsonova
24
Birthdate: April 25, 1947
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Uzhur, Russia
 8 
Anatoly Slivko
(Serial Killer)
Anatoly Slivko
22
Birthdate: December 28, 1938
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Izberbash
Died: September 16, 1989

Anatoly Slivko made headlines when he was convicted of killing seven teenage boys in Russia. The serial killer admitted that he had killed the boys to recreate an incident where he had seen a young boy dying in a road accident and had been sexually aroused by the sight.

 9 
Abdufatto Zamanov
(Serial killer)
Abdufatto Zamanov
12
Birthdate: April 7, 1973
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic