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Vladimir Vinnichevsky | |
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| Born | Vladimir Georgievich Vinnichevsky 8 June 1923 Verkhnyaya Salda, Sverdlovsk Oblast, RSFSR |
| Died | 11 November 1940 (aged 17) Sverdlovsk Oblast, RSFSR |
| Cause of death | Execution by shooting |
| Other names | "The Urals Monster" |
| Criminal status | Executed |
| Conviction(s) | Murder |
| Criminal penalty | Death |
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| Victims | 8 |
Span of crimes | 1938–1939 |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| State(s) | Sverdlovsk |
Date apprehended | 24 October 1939 |
Vladimir Georgievich Vinnichevsky (Russian: Влади́мир Гео́ргиевич Винниче́вский; 8 June 1923 – 11 November 1940), known as The Urals Monster (Russian: Уральское чудовище), was the youngest known Soviet serial killer.
He was convicted of eighteen attacks on children aged between two and four years in 1938–1939 in Sverdlovsk, Nizhny Tagil and Kushva. Eight of these attacks resulted in murder.
On 16 January 1940, Vinnichevsky was sentenced to death and executed several months later.