Bio

There is little public information about Sergey Alekseychik’s childhood, family, or education. Sources do not provide clear records of where he grew up or went to school. Available records focus on his adult life in Arkhangelsk.

By 2004 he was 26 years old and worked as a natural gas technician for the city gas services in Arkhangelsk. Reports say he was a former employee of the city gas service.

Authorities arrested and charged Sergey Alekseychik in April 2004. On December 16, 2005, he was sentenced to 25 years in prison.

Murder Story

On March 16, 2004, an explosion destroyed a corner section of a nine-storey Soviet-era apartment building in Arkhangelsk, Russia. It happened at 3:03 a.m. local time (UTC+3). The blast took place at 120 Avenue of the Soviet Cosmonauts in the October district of Arkhangelsk.

The death toll from the explosion was 58: 33 women, 16 men, and 9 children. Two of the dead later died of their wounds in a hospital after being rescued.

The explosion came two days after Vladimir Putin won reelection and several weeks after a suicide bombing that killed 41 Moscow Metro passengers.

In April 2004, authorities arrested and charged 26-year-old former employee of city gas services Sergey Alekseychik. On December 16, 2005, he was sentenced to 25 years in prison. According to the official version, Alekseychik had been fired from his natural gas technician job several days before the explosion, and to get even with his former employers and the city, he sabotaged the gas system, causing the tragedy.