Aleksandr Berlizov was convicted of nine murders and 42 rapes committed in Dnipropetrovsk, a Ukrainian industrial city that was then part of the Soviet Union. He was sentenced to death and executed. His name is also written Oleksandr Berlizov in Ukrainian-language usage and Aleksandr Berlizov in Russian.
Berlizov was born in 1946; his birthplace, Dnipropetrovsk or Tikhoretsk, is uncertain. He worked in Dnipropetrovsk as an electrical installer at Yuzhmash, a large plant that produced missiles and was closed to outsiders. He began there in January 1970.
His first offense dates from 1969, when he was 23. The offenses continued over about three years. How many of the nine murders came in each year is not on record, and the names and circumstances of the victims are not on record.
The date of his arrest is uncertain; it may have been August 1973. He confessed after his arrest.
A psychiatric examination found him sane. He was convicted of nine murders and 42 rapes and sentenced to death. The court, the date of the verdict and the exact wording of the charges are not on record. The sentence may also have included confiscation of his property. He was executed in 1972 or 1974; the day is not on record.
The year of his execution, 1972 or 1974, and his birthplace are uncertain. The total number of women he attacked is not settled.
1946: Aleksandr Berlizov is born.
1969: first offense, at age 23.
January 1970: begins work at the Yuzhmash plant in Dnipropetrovsk.
Early 1970s, possibly August 1973: arrest in Dnipropetrovsk.
Verdict: convicted of nine murders and 42 rapes; sentenced to death; the court and date are not on record.
1972 or 1974: executed.