Anatoliy Tymofeev was born Kryvobok in 1960 in Berezan, in the Baryshivka district of Kyiv oblast. His surname is also written Timofeev, and in Ukrainian Tymofieiev. He was convicted of 13 murders committed in Ukraine and Russia in 1991 and 1992, and he was executed in Kyiv in August 1996, shortly before Ukraine's moratorium on executions. The court and Tymofeev himself acknowledged 13 murders; the dated events number about 11.
His early life is thinly recorded. His birth in Berezan, the surname Kryvobok and the year 1960 are on record; his schooling, family, work and earlier convictions are not, apart from the later court finding that he was a particularly dangerous recidivist.
The first known killing took place on September 11, 1991, in Brovary, a town in Kyiv oblast. The next dated event was on April 28, 1992, in the village of Korneevka in the Baryshivka district, the district where he was born. A third followed on August 14, 1992, in the village of Zelenky in the Myronivka district.
Three days later, on August 17, 1992, a killing took place in the town of Bar in Vinnytsia oblast, and on August 18 another followed in nearby Zhmerynka. Most of the victims were elderly people. Their names, ages and relationships to him are not on record.
From late summer 1992 the killings moved to Russia. Two murders are placed in Aprelevka. A further murder took place in Medyn on September 11, probably in 1992. Three more murders are placed in Maloyaroslavets later that year. Together with the five dated events in Ukraine, these make about 11 killings.
Tymofeev was arrested in Moscow on September 19, 1992. He confessed, hoping for life imprisonment rather than death. The trial took place in Ukraine; the name of the court is not on record.
In 1995 Tymofeev was sentenced to death. The court found him to be a particularly dangerous recidivist and treated the murder of elderly people as an aggravating circumstance. The exact date of the verdict and the wording of the charges are not on record.
He appealed. The Supreme Court of Ukraine rejected his cassation appeal. His requests for pardon were refused, and the President also declined clemency.
Tymofeev was executed in August 1996 in Kyiv. Ukraine's moratorium on executions followed soon afterward.
The count is the main open question. Thirteen murders is the figure recognized by the court; the dated events number about 11. One further attack in April 1992 in which the victim survived is not counted among the killings. The reason for the difference is not on record.
Whether he was the last person executed in Ukraine is not established.
1960: born Kryvobok in Berezan, Baryshivka district, Kyiv oblast.
September 11, 1991: first known killing, in Brovary.
April 28, 1992: killing in Korneevka.
August 14, 1992: killing in Zelenky.
August 17 and 18, 1992: killings in Bar and Zhmerynka.
Late summer and autumn 1992: killings in Aprelevka, Medyn and Maloyaroslavets, Russia.
September 19, 1992: arrested in Moscow.
1995: sentenced to death.
Before August 1996: cassation appeal rejected by the Supreme Court of Ukraine; clemency refused.
August 1996: executed in Kyiv.