16 October 1936 (+) is born in Yabluchne, Ukraine.

22 December 1978 (-) raped, stabbed and strangled Yelena Zakotnova in Shakhty, Russia.

3 September 1981 (-) stabbed and strangled Larisa Tkachenko in Rostov, Russia.

12 June 1982 (-) stabbed to death Lyubov Biryuk in Donskaya, Russia.

25 July 1982 (-) stabbed to death Lyubov Volobuyeva in Krasnodar, Russia.

13 August 1982 (-) stabbed and his penis cut off Oleg Pozhidaev in Enem, Russia.

16 August 1982 (-) stabbed to death Olga Kuprina in Shakhty, Russia.

8 September 1982 (-) stabbed to death Irina Karabelnikova in Shakhty, Russia.

11 December 1982 (-) stabbed to death Olga Stalmachenok in Novoshakhtinsk, Russia.

9 August 1983 (-) abducted and killed Igor Gudkov in Rostov, Russia.

27 December 1983 (-) stabbed and sexually mutilated Sergey Markov in Persianovsky, Russia.

9 January 1984 (-) stabbed to death Natalya Shalapinina in Rostov, Russia.

21 February 1984 (-) stabbed to death and her nipples and uterus cut away Marta Ryabenko in Rostov, Russia.

24 March 1984 (-) stabbed to death Dmitry Ptashnikov in Novoshakhtinsk, Russia.

25 May 1984 (-) An unidentified boy Chikatilo stabbed to death in Rostov, Russia.

10 July 1984 (-) stabbed to death Dmitriy Illarionov in Rostov, Russia.

19 July 1984 (-) stabbed to death Anna Lemesheva in Shakhty, Russia.

2 August 1984 (-) stabbed to death Natalya Golosovskaya in Rostov, Russia.

7 August 1984 (-) stabbed to death Lyudmila Alekseyeva in Rostov, Russia.

13 August 1984 (-) beaten and stabbed to death Akmaral Seidaliyev in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

28 August 1984 (-) abducted and stabbed to death Alexander Chepel in Rostov, Russia.

6 September 1984 (-) stabbed to death Irina Luchinskaya in Rostov, Russia.

13 September 1984 (x) is arrested and charged with theft in Rostov, Russia.

28 August 1985 (-) stabbed to death Irina Gulyaeva in Shakhty, Russia.

19 May 1987 (-) stabbed to death Oleg Makarenkov in Revda, Russia.

29 July 1987 (-) beaten and strangled Ivan Bilovetsky in Zaporozhye, Russia.

15 September 1987 (-) stabbed to death Yuri Tereshonok in Leningrad, Russia.

4 April 1988 (-) stabbed to death An unidentified woman in Krasny Sulin, Russia.

15 May 1988 (-) stabbed to death Aleksey Voronko in Ilovaisk, Ukraine.

14 July 1988 (-) stabbed to death and his tongue bitten off Yevgeny Muratov in Shakhty, Russia.

11 May 1989 (-) stabbed to death Aleksandr Dyakonov in Rostov, Russia.

20 June 1989 (-) stabbed to death Alexey Moiseev in Kolchugino, Russia.

19 August 1989 (-) abducted and stabbed to death Elena Varga in Krasnoznamenka, Ukraine.

28 August 1989 (-) stabbed to death Alexey Khobotov in Shakhty, Russia.

14 January 1990 (-) stabbed to death Andrey Kravchenko in Shakhty, Russia.

7 March 1990 (-) raped and stabbed to death Yaroslav Makarov in Rostov, Russia.

4 April 1990 (-) stabbed to death Lyubov Zuyeva in Donleskhoz, Russia.

28 July 1990 (-) stabbed to death Viktor Petrov in Rostov, Russia.

14 August 1990 (-) stabbed to death Ivan Fomin in Novocherkassk, Russia.

17 October 1990 (-) stabbed to death and his tongue bitten off Vadim Gromov in Rostov, Russia.

30 October 1990 (-) stabbed to death Viktor Tishchenko in Shakhty, Russia.

6 November 1990 (-) beaten and stabbed to death Svetlana Korostik in Donleskhoz, Russia.

20 November 1990 (x) is arrested in Novocherkassk, Russia.

14 April 1992 (x) Start of the trial against Chikatilo in Rostov, Russia.

15 October 1992 (x) is sentenced to death plus 86 years for 52 murders and five counts of sexual assault by Judge Akubzhanov in Rostov, Russia.

14 February 1994 (-) is executed by a single gunshot behind the right ear in Novocherkassk, Russia.