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Vasili Komaroff Василий Комаров
Born
Vasily Terentyevich Petrov
1 January 1871
Vitebsk Governorate, Russian Empire
Died
18 June 1923 (aged 52)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Cause of death
Execution by firing squad
Nationality
Belarusian
Other names
The Wolf of Moscow The Shabolovka Street Killer
Criminal status
Executed
Conviction(s)
Murder
Criminal penalty
Death
Details
Victims
33 known
Span of crimes
1921–1923
Country
Soviet Union
Vasili Ivanovich Komaroff (Russian: Василий Иванович Комаров; 1871 – 1923) was a Russian serial killer, convicted for the killing of 29 people in Moscow between 1921 and 1923. One of the earliest known serial killers in the Soviet Union, Komaroff was a horse trader who murdered at least 33 customers in the stable next to his home, and was executed on June 18, 1923.
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