Artyom Alexandrovich Anoufriev (Russian: Артём Александрович Ануфриев; 4 October 1992) and Nikita Vakhtangovich Lytkin (Russian: Никита Вахтангович Лыткин; 24 March 1993 – 30 November 2021) are two serial killers from Irkutsk, Russia, known as the "Academy maniacs" and the "Irkutsk Molotochniki". The pair collectively committed six murders and injured nine others in a series of attacks that took place in Irkutsk Academgorodok between December 2010 and April 2011, while still teenagers.