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1973 death of ten Soviet ski hikers From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The Chivruay Pass incident (Russian: Чивруайская трагедия, transl.Chivruay tragedy) is the death of ten ski hikers in the Lovozero Massif in the Soviet Union between 27 and 28 January 1973. The trekking group, who were all from the Kuibyshev Aviation Institute, had been hiking the slopes of Lovozero Massif in an area of Chivruay Pass.

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After the group's bodies were discovered, an investigation by Soviet Union authorities determined that all ten had died from hypothermia.

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Participants

  • Михаил Кузнецов – Mikhail Kuznetsov (24) – leader of the group
  • Сергей Гусев – Sergey Gusev (17)
  • Юрий Кривов – Yuri Krivov (17)
  • Александр Новосёлов – Alexander Novosyolov (18)
  • Анатолий Пирогов – Anatoly Pirogov (17)
  • Лидия Мартина – Lydia Martina (26)
  • Юрий Ушков – Yuri Ushkov (18)
  • Валентин Землянов – Valentin Zemlyanov (23)
  • Артём Лекант – Artyom Lekant (17)
  • Илья Альтшуллер – Ilya Altshuller (23)
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