Yevgeniy Mikhaylovich Abalakov (; 23 March 1948

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: Bol'shaya Rossiyskaya Enciklopediya Publisher, vol. 1, p. 9) was a

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. Abalakov was born in

Yeniseysk Yeniseysk ( rus, Енисейск, p=jɪnʲɪˈsʲejsk) is a town in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located on the Yenisei River. Population: 20,000 (1970). History Yeniseysk was founded in 1619 as a stockaded town—the first town on the Yenisei ...

. 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

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expedition. At the beginning of the

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, a

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, 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

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in Moscow.

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 Russian

References

External links

Photo-gallery of expedition

Mountaineering in the U.S.S.R. By E.Beletsky
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Abalakov, Yevgeniy 1907 births 1948 deaths People from Yeniseysk People from Yeniseysk Governorate Soviet mountain climbers Soviet explorers Soviet military personnel of World War II Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR Burials at Novodevichy Cemetery