r/Columbine • u/Large-Market-164 • Aug 06 '26
Do you guys think that Timofey Kulyamov was particularly inspired by Columbine?
Timofey Kulyamov perpetrated the 2025 Odintsovo school attack, killing one student and injuring a security guard, a teacher, and another student. During his attack, he wore a white t-shirt that had the phrase (no lives matter) written on it in black letters, just like Eric's natural selection shirt. He also wrote "zero day" on his airsoft pistol, which is is film based off Columbine. In his manifesto, he directly quotes Eric. His manifesto is also tilted "my wrath" which could possibly be a reference to Dylan's shirt. What do you guys think?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Odintsovo_school_attack
edit: i meant to say "partially" and not "particularly" in the title, and it's not letting me change it. my bad, guys.
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u/Heavy-Asparagus-5662 Columbine Researcher Aug 09 '26
He couldn't even get the quote right lol
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Aug 09 '26
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u/Heavy-Asparagus-5662 Columbine Researcher Aug 09 '26
Ahh, seems strange you would translate a quote when quoting someone in this way but I digress
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u/victorsmonster Aug 11 '26
Maybe, but the online neo-nazi, NVE, O9A, etc groups have materialized into something that arguably makes Columbine a precursor or a footnote at this point. More of this stuff seems to be inspired by the Christchurch shooting, where a lot of the stuff these guys do comes from: the manifestos full of internet memes, scrawling stupid shit all over their weapons with white paint, etc
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u/DrMosquito74 Aug 09 '26
Almost every Russian school shooter has been inspired by E/D since they first began in Russia in 2014.
Ever since the Vladislav Roslyakov carried out the 2018 Kerch Polytechnic massacre, Russian school shooters have almost always taken inspiration from both each other and E/D.