Again, this is an unfounded allegation with no historical evidence supporting it. He was never associated with the Communist Party, but such skewed documentaries serve to associate the Soviet Union with false allegations of ‘backwardness’ and ‘corruption’, and also try to make the tenuous case that as in the capitalist West – where mass murderers are common-place – similar crimes were committed in the Soviet Union. The US documentary included below, makes a number of false statements about Andrei Chikatilo – one of which is that he was a ‘Member’ of the Communist Party – this is untrue. This article will highlight these fabrications and convey the true facts about Andrei Chikatilo. The Western accounts of the details surrounding this case are driven by US Cold War hysteria, as can be seen by the rather inaccurate and often fictitious English language wikipedia page – which diverts dramatically from the Russian language wikipedia page, and virtually all other Russian language accounts. The confirmed tally consisted of 21 boys aged 7 to 16 years, 14 girls aged 9 to 17 years, and 18 adult women. The Soviet Authorities stated that over-all, there was evidence of at least 65 victims – but only 53 could be directly or forensically linked to Andrei Chikatilo.
#7 PSYCHOLOGICAL STATES OF SERIAL KILLERS ANDREI CHIKATILO SERIAL#
This is why the Ukrainian mass killer known as ‘Andrei Chikatilo’ was put to death with a single pistol shot to the back of head on February 14th, 1994. Andrei Chikatilo was a serial killer and paedophile who between 19 had committed 53 confirmed murders, but had actually confessed to 56 murders. The Soviet Death Penalty was annulled in principle in 1993, but was not confirmed in fact until 2009. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Western powers (under the leadership of the USA), demanded the abolition of the entire Soviet Legal Code, and the immediate instigation of capitalistic laws within ‘modern’ Russia.