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Early life[]
Little is known about Kalmychev's early life. Born on 24 March 1984 in the village of Ekaterinovka, Krasnoyarsk Krai, at some point in his life he moved to the Samara Oblast. In the early 2000s, he became an alcoholic and started exhibiting signs of mental illness, acting aggressively towards other people during his intoxicated states. Despite this, he was never prosecuted prior to his murders.
Murders[]
Kalmychev committed all of his known murders between 8 November and 24 December 2004, with all of them committed while he was under the influence of alcohol and seemingly out of petty squabbles. He used a variety of objects as murder weapons - one of his victims was beaten to death with a car battery, while another was hit ten times on the head with a nail before Kalmychev cut out his teeth with a knife, as he thought they were all golden. In yet another crime, Kalmychev punched a man twice in the face, and after the victim fell down, he stomped on his head several times, causing him a severe injury that led to the man's death.
His most brutal crime was committed against a student at the Samara University, as when the young man rejected Kalmychev's request for a cigarette, he became enraged and stabbed him with a knife at least 55 times.[1] After each murder, Kalmychev would steal money, personal documents, clothes and a number of other belongings from the victims.
Surrender, investigation and trial[]
On 27 December 2004, Kalmychev voluntarily surrendered himself at the local police station and professed that he was guilty of the six murders. When placed under questioning, he gave detailed descriptions of the victims, the murder weapons, the crime scenes and what occurred, all of which was confirmed by the investigators. In the fall of 2005, he was transferred to the Serbsky Center to undergo a forensic psychiatric exam. After spending a month at the institution, the psychologists concluded that he did not suffer from any mental illness and that he was sane to stand trial.[2]
On 19 December 2005, Kalmychev was found guilty on all counts, but since the court took into account that he admitted his guilt and was actively cooperative with investigators, he avoided a life sentence and was instead sentenced to 28 years imprisonment.[2]
Imprisonment and release[]
After the trial, Kalmychev was transferred to serve his sentence at a penal colony in Novokuybyshevsk. In mid-2006, he, with the assistance of his lawyers, filed an appeal to the Supreme Court in which he requested that his sentence be commuted. In the appeal, he argued that there were procedural errors during the trial and that he was forced to confess to three murders he was not responsible for. In the appeal, there was also testimony from a woman who claimed somebody else had committed one of the murders, but supposedly, her testimony was ignored by investigators. Ultimately, on 9 June 2006, the Supreme Court accepted his appeal and reduced his sentence to 22 years and 6 months imprisonment on the grounds that the sentence for aggregated crimes should not exceed 25 years.[2]
In 2017, following changes to the law, Kalmychev filed a second appeal to further commute his sentence, which was initially rejected by the Novokuybyshevsk City Court. He then filed an appeal to the Samara Regional Court, which granted his appeal and reduced his sentence to 21 years imprisonment.[2]
A year after this, Kalmychev filed yet another appeal to the Supreme Court, arguing that the lower courts did not fully take into account changes in the laws when commuting his sentence. This argument was accepted, and after reconsidering some of his convictions, Kalmychev's sentence was amended. As a result, his release date was set for June 2025, and while there has been no mention of this in the press, it is presumed that he was released due to the passage of time.
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- Supreme Court Decision (2006) (in Russian)
- Samara Regional Court Decision (2017) (in Russian)
- Supreme Court Decision (2018) (in Russian)
- Court procedures (2025) (in Russian)
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- ↑ In Samara Oblast, a killer of six people was sentenced to 28 years in prison (Russian). Samara Today (20 January 2006). Archived from the original on May 17, 2025.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Serial killer serving time in Novokuybyshevsk wins mitigation of sentence (Russian). GorodNsk63.com (27 September 2017). Archived from the original on May 28, 2023.