Yevgeniy Abalakov

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Yevgeniy Mikhaylovich Abalakov (Russian: Евгений Михайлович Абалаков; February 17 [O.S. February 4] 1907 – March 23, 1948^[1]) was a Soviet alpinist and sculptor.

Abalakov was born in Yeniseysk. He is noted for making the first ascent of the highest point of the Soviet Union - Stalin Peak (later renamed) (7495 m) on September 3, 1933 as a member of the 26th detachment of the Tajik-Pamir Sovnarkom expedition. At the beginning of the German-Soviet War Abalakov went to the front. In the spring of 1948 Abalakov died in Moscow, in obscure circumstances, while preparing for the ascent to the Victory Peak. His brother, Vitaly Abalakov, was also a famous alpinist.

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

References

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

External links

Photo-gallery of expedition

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Name	Abalakov, Yevgeniy
Alternative names
Short description	Soviet mountain climber
Date of birth	1907
Place of birth
Date of death	March 23, 1948
Place of death

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