# Igor Mirenkov
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{{Short description|Soviet-Belarusian serial killer}}
{{Infobox serial killer
| name = Igor Mirenkov
| image = IgorMirenkov.jpg
| caption =
| birth_name = Igor Alexandrovich Mirenkov
| other_names = "The Svietlahorsk Nightmare"
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1969|05|28}}
| birth_place = [Svietlahorsk](/source/Svietlahorsk), [Byelorussian SSR](/source/Byelorussian_SSR)
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1996|6|19|1969|5|28}}
| death_place = [Pishchalauski Castle](/source/Pishchalauski_Castle), [Minsk](/source/Minsk), [Belarus](/source/Belarus)
| cause = [Execution by shooting](/source/Execution_by_shooting)
| victims = 6
| locations = [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union), later [Belarus](/source/Belarus)
| beginyear = 1990
| endyear = 1993
| apprehended = 27 April 1994
| penalty = [Death](/source/Death)
| conviction = [Murder with aggravating circumstances](/source/Aggravated_murder)
| criminal_status = [Executed](/source/Executed)
}}
'''Igor Alexandrovich Mirenkov''' (28 May 1969 – 19 June 1996), known as '''The Svietlahorsk Nightmare''', was a Soviet-[Belarus](/source/Belarus)ian [serial killer](/source/serial_killer) who killed six boys aged 9–13 between 1990 and 1993.
== Biography ==
Igor Mirenkov was born on 28 May 1969 in the city of [Svietlahorsk](/source/Svietlahorsk) in the [Byelorussian SSR](/source/Byelorussian_SSR), where he later lived out his life and committed all his crimes. After school, Mirenkov was called to serve in the [Northern Fleet](/source/Northern_Fleet), where it was reported that he solicited his male colleagues. The investigator in the Mirenkov case, Oleg Litoshko, later stated that perhaps the sailors had raped him, which later led to Mirenkov's deformed mentality.[{{cite web|url=http://www.detektiv.by/svetlogorsk?page=9%2C2|title=Светлогорский кошмар|publisher=Detective documentary|access-date=2010-09-28|language=ru|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240526012001/https://www.webcitation.org/68ZZxfQVK?url=http://www.detektiv.by/svetlogorsk%3Fpage=9,2|archive-date=2024-05-26|url-status=dead}}]
Returning to Svietlahorsk, Mirenkov got a job and bought a [JAWA](/source/Jawa_Moto)-brand motorcycle and began living a normal life.[{{Cite web|url=http://www.e-reading.org.ua/bookreader.php/126300/Revyako_-_Ubiiicy_i_man%27yaki.html|title=ИГОРЬ МИРЕНКОВ — "СВЕТЛОГОРСКОЕ ДЕЛО"|date=1995|publisher=Bolshoy online library e-Reading|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121222192230/http://www.e-reading.org.ua/bookreader.php/126300/Revyako,_Trus_-_Ubiiicy_i_man'yaki.html|archive-date=2012-12-22|access-date=2010-09-28|url-status=live}}]
== Arrest, investigation and trial ==
On 27 April 1994, Igor Mirenkov was arrested for stealing [petrol](/source/petrol) and [insurance fraud](/source/insurance_fraud). He pleaded guilty and was imprisoned. On 14 May 1994, he was summoned for [interrogation](/source/interrogation) in the case of disappearances and murders of the children. He later confessed to six murders. The Belarusian authorities decided on unprecedented measures - the case was classified (and only declassified in 2007), and Mirenkov was put in [solitary confinement](/source/solitary_confinement) in the city of [Rechytsa](/source/Rechytsa), and investigative experiments were conducted within the framework of increased security measures for the defendant. The investigation lasted for more than a year, and after the criminal case was transferred to the Gomel Regional Court, Igor Alexandrovich Mirenkov was [sentenced to death](/source/sentenced_to_death). On 19 June 1996, the verdict was carried out in the SIZO No. 1 Detention Unit in the city of [Minsk](/source/Minsk).