36case filesUpdated Jul 18, 2026
Casepin holds 36 solved cases in Russia. A solved case is one the record closes with a conviction or an equivalent legal finding; each file names who was convicted only where a court did.
SOLVEDListenBittsa Park, Moscow, Russia · 1992
Alexander Pichushkin, a Moscow warehouse worker, was convicted in 2007 of murdering 49 people and attempting to murder three others in and around Bittsa Park between 1992 and 2006, and was sentenced to life imprisonment.
Credit: ShuvaevCC BY-SA 3.0SourceSOLVEDListenWarehouse on Chermanskaya Street, northeast Moscow, Russia · 2012
On 7 November 2012, a lone gunman killed six people and injured one other at a Moscow pharmaceutical warehouse before being subdued by a colleague; he was later sentenced to life imprisonment.
Credit: Unknown photographerPublic domainSourceSOLVEDListenIvankovo, Sudislavsky District, Kostroma Governorate, RSFSR, Soviet Union · 1925
On 26 July 1925, Grigory Grachov set fire to houses in the village of Ivankovo, Soviet Union, then ambushed and shot villagers and firefighters who responded, killing 11 and wounding 8 before being captured.
SOLVEDListenAmur College of Construction, Housing and Utilities, Blagoveshchensk, Amur Oblast, Russia · 2019
On 14 November 2019, a 19-year-old student opened fire with a shotgun at the Amur College of Construction, Housing and Utilities in Blagoveshchensk, Russia, killing one student and wounding three others before killing himself after an exchange of gunfire with police.
SOLVEDListenMilitary training ground near Soloti, Valuysky District, Belgorod Oblast, Russia · 2022
On 15 October 2022, two soldiers opened fire on personnel at a military training ground near Soloti in Russia's Belgorod Oblast, killing 11 people and injuring 15 before being killed by return fire.
The files run from 1925 to 2024. The 2010s hold the most, with 11 files. The oldest is Grachov murder case, from 1925.
By type, the largest groups are murder and homicide cases (13), mass shooting cases (10) and kidnapping and abduction cases (5).
5 files of the 36 have coverage attached: 14 videos, podcasts and documentaries from 1 creator.
Every file is written from cited sources and pinned where it happened, and every person named carries the legal status the record gives them. Families and anyone involved can request a correction from any file.
This page updates from the published files, so counts and statuses change the day a record does. Open any file for its timeline, its sources and the coverage worth your time, or play it as a narrated case file.
School No. 263 (Moscow) — Credit: изображение снято камерой наблюденияPublic domainSource
Perm State University shooting — Credit: cameraPublic domainSource
Moscow, Chermyanskaya Street 01 — Credit: ShuvaevCC BY-SA 3.0Source
Trial of G.T. Grachev — Credit: Unknown photographerPublic domainSource
These files are published and cited but are kept out of search listings for now, either because they fall outside Casepin’s true-crime scope or because they are still being deepened.
36. The count covers published files only and changes as new files clear review.
Grachov murder case, from 1925. Open the file
Assassination of Anna Politkovskaya, with 1 video, podcast or documentary linked from its file. Open the file
Bailey Sarian (1 case).
It rebuilds hourly from the published files; the newest file change here is dated Jul 18, 2026. A status changes only when the record behind it does.
