Vasiliy Sergeevich Kulik (Russian: ??????? ?????; 17 January 1956 – 26 June 1989) was a Soviet serial killer, convicted for the killing of 13 people and nearly 30 rapes and assaults in Irkutsk between 1984 and 1986.Originally a serial child rapist, Kulik was a violent paedophile and gerontophile that targeted children and elderly women in Irkutsk over a two-year period.
Using various methods, he began to murder his victims until his arrest after a failed attack, where he was convicted and sentenced to death.
Kulik was executed by firing squad in 1989.