Academy maniacs

Artyom Alexandrovich Anoufriev (born in October 4, 1992) and Nikita Vakhtangovich Lytkin (born in March 24, 1993 – died in November 30, 2021) () are two serial killers from Irkutsk, Russia.

On April 5, 2011, Anoufriev and Lytkin were arrested in connection with a series of six murders and attacks on local residents in Akademgorodok of Irkutsk. The attacks, which involved a mallet and knife, began in December 2010. Anoufriev and Lytkin were arrested after a video recording showing the dead body of a woman being mutilated with a knife was found on a camera belonging to Lytkin's uncle, who had become suspicious. According to media reports, the youths had been influenced by reading about Alexander Pichushkin and the Dnepropetrovsk maniacs (Igor Suprunyuck and Viktor Sayenko) on the Internet. Anoufriev also took part in a Russian neo-Nazi march. A psychiatric examination found them to be sane, and they told doctors that they had chosen weak and drunk people as their victims. On 2 April 2013, Anoufriev was sentenced to life imprisonment and Lytkin to 24 years.

 Murder victims 
December 1, 2010 - Danil Semyonov (age 12)
December 16, 2010 - Olga Pirog (age 69)
January 1, 2011 - unknown homeless man
February 21, 2011 - Alexander Maximov
March 11, 2011 - Roman Faizullin
April 3, 2011 - unknown homeless woman (born in 1948)

 Sources 
 Detainees in the case of serial murders in Irkutsk were neo-Nazis
 Kids find and a dead body and………… 
 Interview with Anoufriev


Category:2010 crimes
Category:Murder in 2011
Category:Russian criminals
Category:Serial killers