TARAN Alexander Fedorovich

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Alexander TaranАлександр Таран
Status
Identification Status	Identified
Criminal Status	Incarcerated
Personal Information
Full Name	Alexander Fedorovich Taran
Born	1951 Stavropol Krai, Russian SSR, Soviet Union
Gender	Male
Race/Ethnicity	White
Spouse	Nadezhda Taranova
Children	Natalya Taranova Vladimir Taran
Criminal Information
AKA	"The Voroshilov Sharpshooter" (Russian: Ворошиловский стрелок) "The Alexandrovsky Shooter" (Russian: Александровский стрелок) "The Stavropol Avenger" (Russian: Ставропольский мститель)
Offender Type	Serial Killer
Method of Killing	Shooting
Conviction	Murder
Criminal penalties	23 years imprisonment
Victims	3
Span of crimes	2003 - 2004
Country	Russia
State	Stavropol
City	Alexandrovskoye
Date apprehended	2008

Victims

Confirmed victims

Name	Age	Date of Death	Cause of Death
Magomed Erkenov	53	May 21, 2003	Shooting
Oleg Tanchik	38	October 20, 2003	Shooting
Vladimir Shtana	38	June 21, 2004	Shooting

Survivors

Name	Age	Date of Attack
Vladimir Gresev		September 5, 2003
Andrei Radchenko		November 27, 2005

Links

• Alexander Taran at Wikipedia