Yevgeniy Abalakov

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Yevgeniy Mikhailovich Abalakov (Russian: Евгений Михайлович Абалаков; February 17 [O.S. February 4] 1907, Yeniseysk — March 23, 1948, Moscow^[1]) was a Soviet alpinist and sculptor, famous for reaching the highest point of the Soviet Union - Communism Peak (7495 m) on September 3, 1933 as a member of the 26th detachment of the Tajik-Pamir Sovnarkom expedition. At the beginning of the Great Patriotic War Abalakov went to the front. In the spring of 1948 Abalakov died of obscure circumstances while preparing for the ascent to the Victory Peak. His brother, Vitaly Abalakov, was also famous alpinist.

[edit] Bibliography

• (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

[edit] Reference

1. ^ Great Russian Encyclopedia (2006), Moscow: Bol'shaya Rossiyskaya Enciklopediya Publisher, vol. 1, p. 9