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Chikatilo confessed to fifty-six murders; he was tried for fifty-three murders in April 1992. He was convicted and [[Capital punishment in Russia|sentenced to death]] for fifty-two of these murders in October 1992, although the [[Supreme Court of Russia]] ruled in 1993 that [[Burden of proof (law)|insufficient evidence]] existed to prove his guilt in nine of those killings. Chikatilo was executed by gunshot in February 1994.
Chikatilo was known as "the "Rostov Ripper" and "the "Butcher of Rostov" because he committed most of his murders in the [[Rostov Oblast]] of the Russian SFSR.
==Early life==
At the onset of [[puberty]], Chikatilo discovered that he had chronic [[Erectile dysfunction|impotence]], worsening his social awkwardness and self-hatred.{{sfn|Cullen|1994|p=264-265}} He was shy in the company of women;{{sfn|Cullen|1994|p=264}} his first crush, at age 17, had been on a girl named Lilya Barysheva, with whom he had become acquainted through his school newspaper,{{sfn|Krivich|1993|p=147}} yet he was chronically nervous in her company and never asked her for a date. The same year, Chikatilo jumped upon an 11-year-old friend of his younger sister and wrestled her to the ground, [[orgasm|ejaculating]] as the girl struggled in his grasp.{{sfn|Cullen|1994|p=216}}
Following his graduation, Chikatilo applied for a scholarship at [[Moscow State University]]. Although he passed the entrance examination with good-to-excellent scores, his grades were not deemed good enough for acceptance.{{sfn|Cullen|1994|p=217}} Chikatilo speculated his scholarship application was rejected due to his father's tainted war record (his father had been branded a traitor for being taken prisoner in 1943)<ref name="news.google.com"/>{{sfn|Cullen|1994|p=261}} but the truth was that other students had performed better in a highly competitive exam.{{sfn|Conradi|1992|p=18-19}} He did not attempt to enrol at another university; instead, he travelled to the city of [[Kursk]], where he worked as a labourer for three months before—in 1955—enrolling1955—enroling in a [[Vocational school#Central and Eastern Europe|vocational school]] with the aim of becoming a communications technician.{{sfn|Cullen|1994|p=217}} The same year, Chikatilo formed his first serious relationship, with a local girl two years his junior. On three occasions, the couple attempted intercourse, but on each occasion, he was unable to sustain an erection.{{sfn|Krivich|1993|p=153}} After eighteen months, she broke off the relationship.
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==Teaching career==
Chikatilo chose to enrollenrol as a correspondence student at [[Southern Federal University|Rostov University]] in 1964,{{sfn|Conradi|1992|p=29}} studying [[Russian literature]] and [[philology]];{{sfn|Cullen|1994|p=231}} he obtained his degree in these subjects in 1970. Shortly before obtaining his degree, he obtained a job managing regional sports activities.{{sfn|Krivich|1993|p=160}} Chikatilo remained in this position for one year, before beginning his career as a teacher of [[Russian language]] and literature at Vocational School No. 32 in [[Novoshakhtinsk]].{{sfn|Mariner|1992|p=242}}
Chikatilo was largely ineffective as a teacher; although knowledgeable in the subjects he taught, he was seldom able to maintain discipline in his classes and was regularly subjected to mockery by his students who, he claimed, took advantage of his modest nature.{{sfn|Conradi|1992|p=30}}
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==External links==
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* [http://twistedminds.creativescapism.com/most-notorious/andrei-chikatilo/ Biography of Andrei Chikatilo] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505081316/http://twistedminds.creativescapism.com/most-notorious/andrei-chikatilo/ |date=5 May 2012 }} at creativescapism.com
* Contemporary [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=886&dat=19921015&id=rrE0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=qn0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4816,1957003&hl=en news article] detailing Chikatilo's 1992 murder conviction
* Crime and Investigation Network [http://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/crime-files/andre-chikatilo-the-rostov-ripper biography of Chikatilo]
* Encyclopædia Britannica [https://www.britannica.com/biography/Andrei-Romanovich-Chikatilo article upon Andrei Chikatilo]
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* [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/364475652_The_Butcher_of_Rostov_A_Psychobiographical_Study_of_Andrei_Chikatilo_by_primary_researcher_Megan_Segal_and_supervisors_Prof_Paul_JP_Fouche_and_Dr_P_Naidoo The Butcher of Rostov: A Psychobiographical Study of Andrei Chikatilo] at [[ResearchGate|researchgate.net]]
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