Yevgeniy Abalakov
Yevgeniy Mikhaylovich Abalakov (17 February 190723 March 1948) 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 29th detachment of the Tajik-Pamir Sovnarkom expedition.
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Yevgeniy Abalakov
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- Name
- Yevgeniy Abalakov
- Born
- February 17 [O.S. 4], 1907
- Birthplace
- Yeniseysk, Yeniseysk Governorate, Russian Empire
- Died
- March 23, 1948 (aged 41)
- Place of death
- Moscow, Soviet Union
- Occupation
- Mountaineer, sculptor
- Nationality
- Russian Empire · Soviet Union
- Fields
- mountaineering
- Education
- Surikov State Academic Institute of Fine Arts
- Honours
- Medal For the Defence of Moscow · Medal For the Defence of the Caucasus
- Languages
- Russian
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Yevgeniy Mikhaylovich Abalakov (17 February 190723 March 1948) 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 29th detachment of the Tajik-Pamir Sovnarkom expedition.
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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. His brother, Vitaly Abalakov, also a famous mountaineer, was credited with many climbing equipment innovations and inventions, including Abalakov thread (or V-thread). Abalakov was buried at Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow.
Yevgeniy Abalakov studied at Surikov State Academic Institute of Fine Arts. The recorded working language is Russian. The field of work recorded is mountaineering. Distinctions recorded are Medal "For the Defence of Moscow" and Medal "For the Defence of the Caucasus".
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• Name — Yevgeniy Abalakov • Native Name — Евгений Абалаков • Born — February 17 [O.S. 4], 1907 • Birthplace — Yeniseysk, Yeniseysk Governorate, Russian Empire • Died — March 23, 1948 (aged 41) • Place of death — Moscow, Soviet Union • Burial Place — Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow • Occupation — Mountaineer, sculptor
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- 1.Great Russian Encyclopedia (2006), Moscow: Bol'shaya Rossiyskaya Enciklopediya Publisher, vol. 1, p. 9
- 2.«Следы борьбы и яда»: смерть альпиниста Абалакова списали на спецслужбы.
- 3.Royal Geographical Society, The Alpine Club. Mountaineers. Dorling Kindersley Ltd. 240. 2011. 978-1-409-38331-4.
- 4.Matt Samet. The Climbing Dictionary: Mountaineering Slang, Terms, Neologisms & Lingo: An Illustrated Reference. The Mountaineers Books. 44. 2011. 978-1-594-85503-0.
- 5.Risk Online: Расстрельное время (ретро -обзор). old.risk.ru.
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