and 1970 (a total of 22 rapes were proven), but refuse to plead guilty for the murders. Subsequently, Vlasov was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment. Soon, also, when attempting to rape a 13-year-old girl, another alleged maniac was detained, but he was not the same killer. An anonymous letter came to the police, the author of which claimed to know who the killer was, but this information went unconfirmed after a check. On July 4, 1970, Almazyan committed the murder-rape of 17-year-old Nina Zaikova, leaving a fragment of the newspaper "Rural Life" at the crime scene. On August 6, 1970 he attacked 20-year-old Olga Serova while she was returning home from work, but the intervention of a passer-by forced him to flee. On September 22, 1970, Almazyan made another unsuccessful attack, again fleeing from casual passers-by. At the crime scene, he left a scrap of sheet on which there was a stamp from the military unit. However, the investigation failed to take advantage of this because of an error in the examination, which determined the half-eroded figures incorrectly. And on October 27, 1970, Almazyan raped and murdered 20-year-old Larisa Rogova, stealing her earring and a red sweater. On the night of November 7 to 8, he attacked a woman in the city parks, but a group of volunteers, who were nearby, rushed after him in pursuit. As a result of combing the park, Almazyan and five other suspicious men were detained, but one of the maniac's surviving victims managed to identify him. Trial Almazyan soon confessed to all his crimes in Rostov-on-Don and Voroshilovgrad. During the subsequent search, all the stolen things from the raped and murdered women were found in his shed. In total, he committed 3 murders and 12 rapes. The visiting section of the Military Tribunal of the Kiev Military District sentenced Zaven Almazyan to death. The Supreme Court of the Soviet Union left the verdict unchanged. In 1973, he was executed by firing squad. In the media Documentary film Steel Fingers from the series "The investigation was conducted..." See also List of serial killers by country References External links "Lugansk Maniac Zaven Almazyan..." crime.rf. Accessed on October 7, 2013. "Socialism does not breed crime" - Mysterious crimes of the past Literature A. I. Rakitin: Socialism does not breed crime. - Yekaterinburg: The Cabinet Scientist, 2016 - 530 p. 1950 births 1973 deaths Executed Soviet serial killers