Yevgeniy Abalakov

Yevgeniy Mikhaylovich Abalakov (Russian: Евге́ний Миха́йлович Абала́ков; 17 February [O.S. 4 February] 1907 – 23 March 1948^[1]) was a Soviet mountaineer and sculptor.

Yevgeniy Mikhaylovich Abalakov
Евгений Михайлович Абалаков
Yevgeniy Abalakov in 1941
Born	February 17 [O.S. 4], 1907 Yeniseysk, Yeniseysk Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	March 23, 1948 (aged 41) Moscow, Soviet Union
Burial place	Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow
Occupation(s)	Mountaineer, 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. 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.^[2] His brother, Vitaly Abalakov, also a famous mountaineer, was credited with many climbing equipment innovations and inventions, including Abalakov thread (or V-thread).^[3][4][5]

Abalakov was buried at Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow.

Bibliography

• (in Russian) Анатолий Ферапонтов. Восходители. Евгений Абалаков. Archived 2007-10-09 at the Wayback Machine
• (in Russian) Алексей Абалаков. Тайна гибели Евгения Абалакова – непрочитанные страницы истории Москва, МАКС Пресс 2000. г. in .pdf format Archived 2005-02-07 at the Wayback Machine
• (in Russian) Расстрельное время Archived 2006-09-28 at the Wayback Machine