Yevgeniy Abalakov
Yevgeniy Mikhaylovich Abalakov | |
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Евгений Михайлович Абалаков | |
 Yevgeniy Abalakov in 1941 | |
| Born | February 17 [O.S. 4], 1907 |
| Died | March 23, 1948 (aged 41) |
| Burial place | Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow |
| Occupation(s) | Mountaineer, sculptor |
Yevgeniy Mikhaylovich Abalakov (Russian: Евгений Михайлович Абалаков; 17 February [O.S. 4 February] 1907 – 23 March 1948[1]) was a Soviet mountaineer and sculptor.
Abalakov was born in Yeniseysk. He is noted for making the first ascent of the highest point of the Soviet Union – the 7,495-meter Stalin Peak (later renamed Communism Peak and eventually Ismoil Somoni Peak, its current name) on 3 September 1933 as a member of the 26th detachment of the Tajik-Pamir Sovnarkom expedition. At the beginning of the German-Soviet War, a theatre of World War II, Abalakov went to the front. Abalakov died on 23 March, 1948 in Moscow, in obscure circumstances, while preparing for the ascent to the Victory Peak.[2] His brother, Vitaly Abalakov, also a famous mountaineer, was credited with many climbing equipment innovations and inventions, including Abalakov thread (or V-thread).[3][4][5]
Abalakov was buried at Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow.
Bibliography
[edit]- (in Russian) Анатолий Ферапонтов. Восходители. Евгений Абалаков.
- (in Russian) Алексей Абалаков. Тайна гибели Евгения Абалакова – непрочитанные страницы истории Москва, МАКС Пресс 2000. г. in .pdf format
- (in Russian) Расстрельное время
References
[edit]- ^ Great Russian Encyclopedia (2006), Moscow: Bol'shaya Rossiyskaya Enciklopediya Publisher, vol. 1, p. 9
- ^ "«Следы борьбы и яда»: смерть альпиниста Абалакова списали на спецслужбы". Retrieved 2023-01-24.
- ^ Royal Geographical Society, The Alpine Club (2011). Mountaineers. Dorling Kindersley Ltd. p. 240. ISBN 978-1-409-38331-4.
- ^ Matt Samet (2011). The Climbing Dictionary: Mountaineering Slang, Terms, Neologisms & Lingo: An Illustrated Reference. The Mountaineers Books. p. 44. ISBN 978-1-594-85503-0.
- ^ "Risk Online: Расстрельное время (ретро -обзор)". old.risk.ru. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
External links
[edit]- Photo-gallery of expedition
- Mountaineering in the U.S.S.R. By E.Beletsky
- Yevgeniy Abalakov at Find a Grave
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