Chikatilo, Andrei Romanovich (1936-1994)

Ukrainian murderer who confessed to killing 53 adults and children over a 12-year period. He was sentenced to death in 1992, having appeared at his trial in a metal cage.

Chikatilo, a former school teacher from Rostov, was the first major serial killer in the USSR, and Soviet authorities have been criticized for failing to deal with the threat he posed.