January 17, 1956 - Vasiliy Kulik
Over a two-year span in Irkutsk, Kulik carried out a pattern of sexual violence against victims at opposite ends of the age spectrum — children and elderly women — before escalating to murder. His case reflects a category of Soviet-era serial crime that the state addressed through its standard capital mechanism: execution by firing squad.
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Vasiliy Sergeyevich Kulik (Russian: Василий Серге́евич Кулик; 17 January 1956 – 26 June 1989) was a Soviet serial killer convicted for the killing of 13 people and nearly 30 rapes in Irkutsk between 1984 and 1986.
Originally a serial rapist, Kulik was a violent paedophile and gerontophile that targeted children and elderly women in Irkutsk over a two-year period. Using various methods, he began to murder his victims until his arrest after a failed attack, where he was convicted and sentenced to death.
Kulik was executed by firing squad in 1989.
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