Vladimir Zhukov
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Vladimir Sergeevich Zhukov (; born 20 June 1972), known as The Nizhegorodsky Chikatilo (), is a Russian
serial killer A serial killer (also called a serial murderer) is a person who murders three or more people,An offender can be anyone: * * * * * (This source only requires two people) with the killings taking place over a significant period of time in separat ...
, rapist and
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.


Biography

Zhukov was a radio engineer by trade, working in the
Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod ( ; rus, links=no, Нижний Новгород, a=Ru-Nizhny Novgorod.ogg, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj ˈnovɡərət, t=Lower Newtown; colloquially shortened to Nizhny) is a city and the administrative centre of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast an ...
branch of the Russian division as an international telephone operator. Due to the nature of his job, he often went on business trips to various cities in Russia. He was married, and he and his wife were raising a foster child. Between 1999 and 2007, Zhukov abducted and raped girls aged between 7 and 12 years. In January 2003, he committed three rapes in
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during a business trip, but this could not be proven due to none of the victims being located. In August 2004, he killed a 9-year-old boy and 12-year-old girl in the
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. On 24 June 2006, he kidnapped and killed a 9-year-old girl in the village of Voskresenskoye, throwing her body into a lake outside Nizhny Novgorod. In August 2007, he was arrested: one of his rape victims managed to memorize the car as well as the view from the window of Zhukov's apartment. After his detention, he confessed to 26, and then 32 total crimes committed in Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk and
Yaroslavl Yaroslavl (; , ) is a city and the administrative center of Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located northeast of Moscow. The historic part of the city is a World Heritage Site, and is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Kotorosl rivers. ...
. He was investigated for involvement in similar crimes in other cities, where he traveled on business trips. On 15 September 2008, the Nizhny Novgorod Regional Court found Vladimir Zhukov guilty of three murders and 11 rapes and sentenced him to
life imprisonment Life imprisonment is any sentence (law), sentence of imprisonment under which the convicted individual is to remain incarcerated for the rest of their natural life (or until pardoned or commuted to a fixed term). Crimes that result in life impr ...
. In addition, the court decided that the convicted should pay 2.8 million
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s in compensation to the victims' families. On 28 April 2009, he was sentenced by the Novosibirsk Regional Court to 11 years' imprisonment for 3 rapes committed in Novosibirsk in January 2003. This verdict was incorporated into the life imprisonment. It is suggested that Zhukov committed many more crimes in several regions in Russia. He is serving his sentence in the
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prison. In September 2010, he confessed to the abduction of a girl of 8–10 years in 2002 in the city of Gorodets, followed by a rape and murder in the
Koverninsky District Koverninsky District () is an administrative district (raion), one of the forty in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia.Order #3-od Municipally, it is incorporated as Koverninsky Municipal District.Resolution #670 It is located in the northwest of the ...
.


See also

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References


External links


Moscow Komsomolets: In Nizhny Novgorod, a maniac with exemplary characteristics is judged


* ttp://kommersant.ru/doc/1027001 kommersant.ru: Pedophile-murderer is sentenced to life imprisonment
ufa.kp.ru: "Komsomolskaya Pravda" found a touring pedophile maniac?
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zhukov, Vladimir 1972 births Inmates of White Swan Prison Living people People from Yaroslavl Russian murderers of children Russian people convicted of child sexual abuse Russian rapists Russian serial killers