Boris Gusakov

Boris Gusakov
Born	1938 Moscow, Soviet Union
Died	1970 Moscow, Soviet Union
Cause of death	Executed by gunshot
Other names	Student Hunter
Criminal penalty	Death
Conviction(s)	Sexual assault Murder
Killings
Victims	5
Span of killings	1964–1968
Country	Soviet Union
Date apprehended	16 May 1968

Boris Vasylevych Gusakov (1938,in Moscow, Soviet Union – 1970, Russian: Борис Васильевич Гусаков) was a Soviet serial killer and rapist, who committed 15 sexual assaults, including 5 murders, on girls and young women from 1964 to 1968. In 1969, a court sentenced Gusakov to death. The request for clemency was rejected in 1970, and the sentence was carried out.

References

• Robert Kalman, Born to Kill in the USSR, FriesenPress, 2014, ISBN 9781460227305; Chapter 'Student hunter', pp. 53-59