ALMAZYAN Zaven Sarkisovich

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Zaven AlmazyanЗавен Алмазян
Status
Identification Status	Identified
Criminal Status	Executed
Personal Information
Full Name	Zaven Sarkisovich Almazyan
Born	May 5, 1950 Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russian SSR, Soviet Union
Died	1973 (aged 22-23) Novocherkassk Prison, Novocherkassk, Rostov Oblast, Russian SSR, Soviet Union
Cause of Death	Executed by firing squad
Gender	Male
Race/Ethnicity	White
Criminal Information
AKA	"The Voroshilovgrad Maniac" (Russian: Ворошиловградский маньяк) "The Hunter of the Dead" (Russian: Охотник на мёртвых) "Steel Fingers" (Russian: Стальные пальцы)
Offender Type	Serial Killer Serial Rapist
Method of Killing	Strangulation
Conviction	Murder
Criminal penalties	Death
Victims	3
Span of crimes	April 14 - October 27, 1970
Country	Soviet Union
State	Luhansk
City	Luhansk
Date apprehended	November 8, 1970
Imprisonment	Novocherkassk Prison — Novocherkassk, Rostov Oblast

Victims

Confirmed victims

Name	Age	Date of Death	Cause of Death
Svetlana Mazurina	17	April 14, 1970	Strangulation
Nina Zaikova	17	July 4, 1970	Strangulation
Larisa Rogova	20	October 27, 1970	Strangulation

Survivors

Name	Age	Date of Attack
Olga Serova	20	August 6, 1970
Unnamed woman		September 22, 1970

Documentaries

Television

• Documentary film Steel Fingers from the series "The investigation was conducted..."

Links

• Zaven Almazyan at Wikipedia