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.
Mugshot of Chikatilo, taken after his arrest in November 1990.
Technical School No. 33, Shakhty. Chikatilo worked at this school at the time of his first murder.
Memorial to Chikatilo's seventh victim, Irina Karabelnikova. This memorial was erected by Karabelnikova's father at the site of her murder.
Composite drawing of the man seen with Dmitry Ptashnikov on the evening of the boy's murder.
Rostov-on-Don is a port city and the administrative centre of Rostov Oblast and the Southern Federal District of Russia. It lies in the southeastern part of the East European Plain on the Don River, 32 kilometers (20 mi) from the Sea of Azov, directly north of the North Caucasus. The southwestern suburbs of the city lie above the Don river delta. Rostov-on-Don has a population of over one million people and is an important cultural centre of Southern Russia.
Image: Rostov City Hall 2021
Image: Rostov on Don Cathedral 2021
Image: Rostov Arena 2021
Image: Gorky Theatre 2021
