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Alexander Lobanov (serial Killer)
Alexander Leonidovich Lobanov (1979 – March 6, 2002), known as the Motovilikha Maniac (), was a Russian serial killer and rapist who raped and murdered five girls and women in Perm, Russia, Perm's Motovilikhinsky City District from 1999 to 2001. Convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the crimes, Lobanov committed suicide in a detention center while awaiting for his sentence to be officially confirmed. Early life Alexander Leonidovich Lobanov was born in Perm in 1979, the second of two children. He grew up in an average family, with his dad being a teacher and his mother looking after the children, and displayed no deviant or violent behavior while growing up. This all changed in 1996, when his mother passed away from a brain tumor, with the trauma from this event leading to Lobanov developing emotional issues. A year later, he was drafted into the Russian Ground Forces and dispatched for military duty in Sakhalin. It is suspected that Lobanov suffered some sort of abu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perm, Russia
Perm (, ; ; ), previously known as Yegoshikha, Yagoshikha (; 1723–1781) and Molotov (; 1940–1957), is the administrative centre of Perm Krai in the European part of Russia. It sits on the banks of the Kama River near the Ural Mountains, covering an area of . With over one million residents Perm is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, 15th-largest city in Russia and the 5th-largest in the Volga Federal District. Economy In 1723, a copper-smelting works was founded at the village of ''Yagoshikha''. In 1781 the settlement of Yagoshikha became the town of ''Perm''. Perm's position on the navigable Kama River, leading to the Volga, and on the Siberian Route across the Ural Mountains, helped it become an important trade and manufacturing centre. It also lay along the Trans-Siberian Railway. Perm grew considerably as industrialization proceeded in the Urals during the Soviet period, and in 1940 was named ''Molotov'' in honour of Vyacheslav Molotov. In 1957 the ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
