Andrei Romanovich Chikatilo Russian Андре́й Рома́нович Чикати́ло Ukrainian Андрій Романович Чикатило 16 October 1936 – 14 February 1994 was a Soviet serial killer nicknamed the Butcher of Rostov the Red Ripper and the Rostov Ripper who sexually assaulted murdered and mutilated at least 52 women and children between 1978 and 1990 in