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The Grim Story of the Ural Moutains

Mystery of the Dyatlov Pass

part N1

MOISEI: Well maybe a moment comes when your mind turns off

meaning not in the beginning they fell and then froze

but something up there slows down

and the person falls asleep

i even once wrote

(poem) Wind, mountains and snow - calmly sleeping faces

or maybe this doesn't exist, maybe this is all a dream

this is not a dream, memory burns like

the crack of a whip

it guards their rest, howling wind in the rocks

Doroshenko; Dubinina; Dyatlov

Kolmogorova; Kolevatov;

Zolotarev

Krivonishenko; Slobodin

Thibeaux-Brignolles

This tradgedy happened in February

of 1959 In northern Urals. On the then unnamed pass

died nine hikers from Sverdlovsk. Students of the

Ural Polytechnic Institute (UPI). At the time it

captured the attention of the entire city specifically with its mysteriouness and secrecy

to this day this tragedy is covered with a curtan of secrecy

it can be viewed as the main terrible mystery to have ever

touched the urals. Even now, there is no difinitive

explanation for this terrible tragedy.

Even after 38 years, invividual area specialists and researchers

mostly from the ranks of fellow campers, are trying to figure out why did their comrades die

about 5 to 10 years ago, when the totalitarian grip somewhat loosened

inklings of glasnost' started to appear,

some secret documents came out of the archives

the interest to this subject increased.

But to this day, with the exception of some nuances,

there is still no end to this case. Our interest

comes from our draw

towards extreme cases and

unexplained mysteries.

We know that for many residents of our city

this long gone northern tragedy still

remains very painful.

For that reason we are going to rely exclusively on the documents as well as

testimony of the people that appear to be the most competent in our opinion relating to this question

Our program in no way claims to be on the level of investigative journalism

No, we just wanted to gather in one place the people

that have conducted their separate investiagtions and have extrated their own conclusion

to compile all the versions for the last several decades

we are going to be relying on the opinion of three different generations

there is no single point of view, of course

and moreover there are many version, but all of them

are built on the unexplained occurence

and each has their own interpretation of this phenomenon

The story is very old

Young uralians haven't even heard about it

but the story besides being sad and tragic

is also educational and simply interesting

This story is about friendships, bravery, unequal struggle for survival,

and a horrible mystery; mystery that has lasted for several decades

Now listen, we will begin with a group of young campers from UPI (Ural Polytech Inst.)

organized an expedition to the Northern Ural.

To the summit of the mountain Otorten.

In Mansi it is called 'WhoutTartanShyahl' which roughly translates to

a moutain from which the wind blows. This moutain stands out as one of the most beautiful moutains of the northern ural and

by having a height of 1234 meters. Very organized. 1. 2. 3. 4. But by other sources it is shorter - 1182 meters. But

the first number is somewhat more attractive

higher and easier to remember. Expedtion to Otorten was headed

by the 23 year old radio major senior from UPI

Igor Dyatlov.

Peter Bartholomew - professor and master of sport in mountaneering

PETER: I'm connected with him because I've been on several hikes with him

and I have a dual opinion of him. From one side

when he was a member of the hike, he was a wonderful

friend, wonderful comrade

with whom one was ready to go through any hardships

because he wouldn't leave anyone behind. A person with great humor

very erudite.

Simply it was just very interesting to be around him. However, when he was the lead on the hike

his character somehow changed.

He became very hard and the domineering style of command would disturb the group

At some point we couldn't keep quiet anymore and told him

We told him that we can not go on like this anymore.

I think he felt this

critisim from his fellow campers and comrades

So in that tragic hike I can not be sure how he behaved himself.

That is very hard to judge. It seems that he was already somewhat different.

In general, this person is exceptional

extraordinary. He was...

very strong physically and with very strong will.

Mainly, he was an interesting person with great humor.

Later on there were several other expeditions where already being a student

would show himself a specialist. For example, we would be somewhere remote

and would request for someone that could fix a receiver

and from nothing, without having any specialty tools

he would every time somehow

fix the situation and make the group

very happy by letting them listen

to the radio.

blink blink: VIZHAI

The route of the expedition through the Urals was this:

get to Ihdel by train. Then use a car to the village Vizhai.

Then through the vilage 3rd-North on skis along the

river Auspi to Mt. Otorten. The return path would be strictly south.

to the Mt. Ojko-Chikur and on the river North Otoshemka

back to Vizhai.

For all the north trecking through the moutntains and forrests, which amounts to almost 300 km (180 mi)

the group was projecting to need 16 days

The route clearly is not very simple. Back then in the 50's

it was in the then highest, 3rd category of difficulty.

Today there are more categories and even more difficult routes. Their route was problematic

but passable. One of many.

In reality was fairly straight forward, especially for the Dyatlov's group.

PETER: They were probably the stars in camping of the Institue if not the city

because at the time the top team of the city and the even the province

was 90% filled with hikers from UPI.

And this group consisted of the strongest

Quote from the diary of Dyatlov's group:

1st entry. "23 of January 1959. Well, going on an expidition again

Currently we are sitting in room 531. Well not sitting, but hurridly shoving cans, grains,

and other food into backpacks. The supply master is watching that everything fits.

And now we are in the train. Many songs have been sung.

Many new have been learned. And now everyone

is splitting to their own bunks at 3 a.m. Interesting, what awaits us in this expedition.

What new shall we see.

Also, the boys today proudly promised

not to smoke the entire hike. Interesting, will they have enough will to go thorough without smokes.

Everybody has fallen asleep. Outside the windows stands the Ural Taiga.

" - Kolmogorova

Second member of the group, Zinaida Kolmogorova. 21 years old, just like Dyatlov Radio major at UPI.

PETER: Everybody knew of Zina Kolmogorova because

she was the engine of our camping club

girl that would draw attention not only with her looks, not only

her athletisism, but

with also her optimism, her love for life,

and energy.

Quote from the group's diary: "24th of January

7 am arrivied in Serov. At the station we were received 'very well' (sarcasm).

Wouldn't let us inside and the policeman became very suspicous.

The town is very quiet, no crime.

Like under communism. And suddenly, Krivonishenko started to sing.

Immideately, he was arrested and led away. This might be the first train station where

you're not allowed to sing and where we are sitting without them."

3rd member of the group

PETER: Georgi Krivonishenko 24 years old Civil Engineering student in UPI

I know Krivonishenko through the expediton on Sayan

He was very strong and with strong endurance

he was in a different group but we happened to run into each other on route

SEROV

Continuation from the same diary quote still January 24th in Serov

"At the school near the train station we received a very warm welcome. The school steward

who is also the janitor, warmed us some water

gave us everything we needed to prepare for the hike

The entire day is free. I want to go to the town to the museum

as well as on the tour of the local steel mill.

But we have too much equipment to prepare

From 12 to 2 p.m. in the break between first and second school shifts

a meeting with school students was organized. The room was filled and every student was so curious.

Zolotarev: 'Kids, hiking

allows you to...' Everybody is sitting and afraid.

Kolmogorova: 'Tratatata...you what's your name. Where have you been?'

'Oh you were living in tents too?' And it all started to gather momentum.

There was no end to questions. We were forced to

show the smallest details, from the tent to the flashlight.

They didn't want to let us go. To the train station were walked by the entire school.

In the end, the kids were crying and begging for

Zina (Kolmogorova) would stay behind. She would be the school leader and they would all listen to her.

And studied well.

4th member of the group - Alexandar Zolotarev. 37 years old. It is known that

he was the oldest. Obviously not a student anymore.

He was a professional guide on Kaurovskoi hiking base.

He lived there as well.

Again continuation of the diary. Again 24th of January. "In the train a still young alcoholic demanded from us

.5 L of vodka and accused us for stealing it from him.

And for the second time today everything ended with the police showing up.

Then there was a discussion about love at the provocation of Zina Kolmogorova.

Then sings. Edit - Dubinina is under the seat. Garlic with bread without water and around midnight we've arrived to Ivdel.

Big arrival's hall. Each was overwatch at night.

The bus for Vizhai is leaving early in the morning" - Yudin

5th member of the group Yuri Yudin

Yuri Kincevitch - chairman of Ural's Scout federation

Yuri Yudin, he is now the lead architect of Salekamsk

He got sick, got blisters on his feet and it was decided

to send him back from village Severnoy. That is exactly what he did.

Considering what happened next, it can be stated that

Yudin was very lucky. Maybe he had a different fate.

Same can be said for two others that are living in Ekatirenburg.

Bartholemew and Axcelrod.

Authors:
Vlad Nekrasov
Sergei Morokov

Yuri Yudin was very lucky during the hike.

He came back. Seems the fate intervened.

Peter Bartholemew and Moisei Axelrod were just as lucky.

PETER: To be honest, I wanted to go.

Because during preparations for this expedition in November, December I was still considered to be a member

of the group. I was preparing for the expedition

but our studies were mismatched and I had my pre-graduation residency

The head of my major didn't allow me to go.

because I would have to skip my pre-graduation residency.

in 1959 when Igor was studying and I was already working

it was mentioned that I was to go as a member of this group

to the north Urals. But because I was working and they wouldn't let me go as well as I was saving time off for the summer for my own trips

I didn't go.

But with my wife

we sent the group off when they were getting ready for the trip.

Quote from the Dyatlov's group diary: "25th of January, 1959. We got up at 5:30 a.m., quickly got ready

and immideately left for village Vizhai. after an hour

we were able to get a bus GaZ-51 with 25 passenger seats.

The bus had to fit all 25 plus 20 or so backpack filled to the brim with provisons.

An also the same number of pairs of skis.

It was filled to the ceiling

the bottom ones were sitting on the seats

on backpacks, on skis.

The passengers of the second level were sitting on the seat backs.

putting their feet on their comrade's shoulders.

It wasn't so cramped not to sing which ended up happening all the way to the Vizhai

We arrived into Vizhai at 2p.m.

It turned out that we could keep going only in the next morning.

After dinner, we moved to the hotel which in itself

was just a wooden house with 3 windows.

Went to the cinema, leaving Doroshenko and Kolevatov on watch.

We watched, The Golden Symphony. Came back in a musical mood.

At night, according the the local commendant, we will be leaving." - Kolevatov.

6th member of the group Alexandr Kolevaotv 21 years old

We know very little about him. Apparently he was a Technical Physics major

at UPI. According to the diary, a very fun person, strong hike, and according to one source

he was keeping his own diary

which was actually discovered at the site but never became public

to this day

there are rumors that in Kolevatov's diary

the real reason for the tragedy is stated.

On the other hand

this information came from one drunk military man who let it slip in a restaurant

So whether or not there was a diary from Kolevatov still remains the question

although a very principled question.

Quote from the group's diary: "26th of January, 1959. We slept in so called Hotel.

Who on bunk beds in pairs.

Sasha Kolvatov and Yuri Krivonishenko on the floor between the beds.

Got up at around 9 a.m. Everyone slept well even though didn't close the cover at night

and it was fairly cold inside. Outside, it is -17 C (1F)

Didn't boil anything, the wood is damp. Yesterday, by the time we boiled anything 6 hours passed.

Went to the dining commons for breakfast

when we got the cold tea

Igor Dyatlov said with a laugh. 'If the tea is cold,

go outside and drink it, it will be warm.' Original idea.

Finished talking and riding to the 41st region by car.

Left at 13:10 (1:10 p.m.) and got the the 41st region only after 16:30 .

Were riding on top of GaZ-63

While riding, sang many songs, discussed many subjects, from love

and friendship to the problem of cancer and its treatments.

At the 41st, we were received fairly well, were given a separate room in the dormitory

discussed different themes with the local workers.

The ones on duty, cooked some dinner.

We ate and now are resting. We've split into two

groups; one went to the next room to watch a movie

the second is with the backpacks doing whatever.

Rustik Slobodin is playing the mandolin and at the same time

talking with Kolya. Girls are rewriting the songs

and I will be getting the equipment ready." -Krivonishenko

7th member of the group - Rustem Slobodin.

22 years old. Mechanical engineering major of UPI.

PETER: Slobodin was a calm and balansed guy

At times, too quiet. I wouldn't say he was closed in but very calm and balanced.

and would approach the difficult and fun moments of the hike the same way.

He would never become despondent in any situation.

He left me with an impression of being a very reliable person

Calm, someone on whom you could depend on

in any situation.

Quote from the group's diary: "26th of January. Can't even though I am tried"

-Kolya Tibo

Such a laconical entry.

8th member of the group Nicolai Thibeaux-Brignolles

24 year old. Civil Engineering major at UPI.

PETER: This person was fantastically upbeat, with great humor

life loving, and with a very complex fate

At the time people tried to not talk about such thing with each other.

Well at the same time, he did not lose his optimism

even with everything that has happened to him.

Quote from the group's diary: "27th of January, 1959.

The weather was nice. The wind was supposed to be hitting us in the back

Guys agreed that the backpacks will get to the next village from the 41st by horse.

It is 24 km to the next village.

We helped Granpa Slava to unload a bail of hay and started waiting for

the horse. She left for the hay and firewood. Waited until 4 p.m.

The guys started singing songs.

One of the guys sang really well. Heard several banned songs, prison ones. Article 58.

At 4 we set off, bought 4 loafs of bread before.

Soft and warm bread, we ate 2 loafs.

How nice it is to go without the packs.

In 2 hours we've covered 8 km.

River Ushma. Already it started to get dark.

All the delays because of the horse.

Yuri Yudin is coming with us. He got sick and can't go on the hike. There he decided to get some rock samples for the institute.

2nd Northern Village is an abandoned geological village

consisting out of 20-25 houses with only one fit to live in.

Late at night in complete darkness we found the village and only

by the ice hole we found the house. We started a fire, the chimney started to smoke, several punctured their hands with nails. Everything went well.

Here is the horse. And after

dinner in the well heated house

we exchanged jokes all the way until 2 a.m." - Doroshenko

9th member of the group Yuri Doroshenko 21 years old. Student at UPI.

Unfortunately we do not know anything else. His closest relatives live in Kiev

And in Ekatirenburg we didn't not find anyone that knew Yuri well.

Although some must exist.

Quote from the group's diary: "28th of January, 1959. In the morning everyone woke up from the mumblings of Yuri, Krivonishenko, and Sasha Kolevatov.

The weather is still nice to us. -8C (18F).

Several guys with Yuri Yudin at the lead, our famous geologist

went to gather

some minearls for the collection. Couldn't find anything but Pyrite and some quartz veins

we prepared for a while, were waxing the skis

adjusted the binding. Yuri Yudin is leaving for home today.

It is sad to see him go, especially for me and Zina but nothing can be done.

Left at 11:45. Going up the river Lozvi. Everyone is laying down the track for 10 mintues

There is much less snow than last year. Often we had to stop

and to clean wet snow off the skis. Shores of river Loz'va

in the area of 2nd Northern Village (uninhabited) are very rocky. Especially the right shore

then limestone rocks appear less and less

and in the end shores become very shallow covered with forrest covering everything.

We stop for the night at 5:30; tonight is the first night in the tent.

Guys are getting the furnace ready and are sewing the bottom to the tent

having done some things and not having done others

we sit down for dinner

After dinner we sat around the fire singing intimate songs

Zina is even trying to learn the Mandolin under the guise of our main

musician, Rustik. Then again begin to reivisit our discussions

but mainly ones about love.

Someone gets the idea to transcribe what we are saying and start a separate notebook for that.

the suspended furnace is burning with heat

and separates the tent into two compartments.

In the further one is me and Zina,

nobody wants to sleep next to the furnace and so it was decided to put Yuri Krivonishenko

at the other end is our person on duty, Sasha Kolevatov.

Yuri having lied there for 2 mintues, can't take it moves to the second compartment

at the same time swearing and accusing us of being traitors

we can not sleep for a while, arguing about something. But finally everything is quiet.

" - Dubinina

10th and last member of the group

2nd girl in this hike Lydmila Dubinina 23 years old

Civil Engineering major at UPI.

PETER: In the previous expedition we were one the Eastern Sayana, she seriously injured her leg

it was so severe that she couldn't move on her own

and we were forced to transport her out.

This went on for several days and she was in serious pain

She was very morally uncomfortable

that we had to carry her on a stretcher.

There were severe rains, she was constantly wet

She always saw how hard it was on us

but she showed extraordinary will and it impressed us how stoically she overcame these mental and physical difficulties.

Quote from the group's diary: "29th of January, 1959.

2nd day of skiing. Went from the night camp

on the river Lozhvi to the river Auspi. Were going along the Mansi trail.

Weather is good -13 C (8 F). Wind is light.

Often on Lozhvi would see aufeis ice.

That's it." - Kolya Thibeaux

P.S. It's poor form to write after two days.

And again Nicolai Thibeaux-Brignolles showed his brevity, and therefore talent.

is brief but to the point

Quote from the diary of leader of the group, Igor Dyatlov:

"30th of January, 1959. The diary is being written on the way.

Today is the 3rd night camp on the shores of Auspi.

Starting to adjust. The furnace is a great addition.

Thibeaux and Krivonishenko are thinking of putting together steam heating in the tent.

(indistinguishable) on the sleeping cover is proving itself.

Wake up call is at 7:30. After breakfast we move along the river Auspi.

But again snow ice doesn't allow us to move forward.

Started to follow a deer trail and in the middle run into a Mansi camp. Yes, Mansi, Mansi, Mansi,

this word appears in our conversation more and more. Mansi - people from the north

sparcely populated Hanti-Mansiski area. Only about 7 thousand people.

Very unique people living in the North Ural beyond the Arctic circle.

Closer to Tumen province

They have their own language and writing.

And very characteristically small cuts on forrest trees are of great significance." - Igor Dyatlov

It is important to mention one thing, the diary has been quoted by us numerous times.

We consciously are not reiterating the diary and are presenting it as it was back then.

First of all, these documents are very interesting from a historical point of view.

Second, the diary is written in a fairly lively fashion which seems to us very intersting.

It completely passes on the spirit of the times.

Seven guys and two girls on an expedition. Talk of love and friendship

You can only see something like this from old soviet books

Romanticism everywhere, not a drop of commericalism.

It even feels a little brighter for the soul.

and even feels nostalgic for the old ways of relating to each other

Nowadays it is very few that can have relationships like that

In the current historical period even such freedom loving sports like moutaineering and hiking are

put on commercial rails and sometimes run into commercial dead ends

But true romantics fight this how they can

Moisei Axlerod: master of sports in camping

MOISEI: Mountaineering and hiking is not so much a hobby but a way of life

And so that you understand, at that time

at that time, it is the 50's

when life was soaked in this red tape

with this soullessness, this falseness

this was such a getaway for the soul

for us, for everybody, we were our own captains

and owners, we were fighting nature,

not with some mythical enemy, not with idealogical differences

we were living to the fullest.

About the continuation of the expedition after this.

Quote from the Igor Dyatlov's diary: "30th of January, 1959. Temperature -17C in the morning,

-13C during the day, -26C at night. The wind is strong, south-westerly.

Clouds are thick. Very steep changes. Temperature is typical for Northern Urals.

The deer trail ran out. Began the throny trail.

After that it ended as well. Had to go through virgin ground.

Very difficult.

Snow up to 120 cm (4 feet) deep.

Forrest is becoming more rare. The altitude is letting us know of itself.

The birch trees and small ugly pine trees begin now.

Can't proceed along the river, hasn't frozen.

Under the snow there is water and ice.

Going along the shore again. Closer to the evening need to find a place for Bivouac.

Well, now a stop for the night. Wind is strong westerly. Knocks snow from pines and cedars making it look like a snowfall.

As always, very quickly start a fire and put the tent on supports.

Got warm near the fire and then went to sleep." - Igor Dyatlov.

Now while the diary of group's commander Igor Dyatlov there is a break for the night, we will tell you about the climate.

which takes place in the Northern Urals and which accompanied the Dyatlov's group.

The climate is harsh, especially in the winter.

And repeats from year to year.

PETER: After 20 years, in March did a trek in memory of the Dyatlov group

along the same route except in the other direction

and when we were approaching the pass, the temperature was

-3, -4C but the wind was so strong that we had to use our poles for support

because on the iced over fern

the skis would not hold at all

Aleksei Koskin
camper-researcher

The climate is fairly harsh, such that when here there is still fall, over there you have snow

Last time I saw a thermometer with the mark set at -52 C (-61F). Which is cold.

But the standard temperatures there are -30 to -40C (-22 to -40F) in February.

And most go there in February and not because every one is a hero but because of the

school scheduled breaks.

Quote from Igor Dyatlov's diary: "31st of January, 1959.

Today the weather is a little worse. Wind is westerly, snow seems to be coming from the pines because the sky is completely clear.

Left relatively early, around 10a.m. Moving along a trail laid out by the Mansi.

To this end we were moving along a Mansi trail

through which rode on the deer a hunter. Yesterday we ran into

his camp. The deer didn't go further, the hunter went further using the cuts on the

tree along an old trail. Currently we are moving along his track.

Today we had a surprising great night stop, warm and dry

ignoring the low surrounding temperatures -18C to -24C.

Movement today is especially hard. Can't see the track and often lose it. Or moving by feel.

With this cover 1.5 - 2 km per hour. Trying out new methods of more efficient movement

First drops the pack and moves 5 minutes

and then comes back to the pack, rests 10-15 minutes and catches up to the group.

That is how the method of laying down the ski trail non-stop

It is especially hard on the second one who is going through the trail that was laid freshly by the first with the pack.

Gradually separate from river Auspi. The grade is constant but smooth. And now we've lost the pines and only rare birch trees are left.

We've hit the tree line. Wind is westerly, warm, horizontal.

Open naked spaces, can't even think about setting up a supply shed

Time is almost 4 p.m. need to start looking for a night camp

drop to the south in to the valley of Auspi

it seems to be the most snowbound area

wind is light but the snowpack is 1.2 - 2 meters deep

Tired and down started to set up the camp

Don't have that much firewood

seems hard to imagine such comfort somewhere along the ridge with howling wind

hundreds of kilometers away from any inhabited areas

" - Igor Dyatlov

We'd like to accentuate the last point of Igor.

At the bottom, in the tent is very nice but on the mountain, on the slope it is bad and windy.

That is very important relating to what happens next.

Quote from the group's diary: "1st of February, 1959. Today is Sasha Kolevatov's birthday. Congratulate him. As a present give him a mandarin which he immediately

splits into 8 parts. Lyuda went into the tent and didn't come out until end of dinner. In all, again one more day has passed safely.

" - Zina Kolmogorova

That was the last by time entry. Further on, there are no entries in any of the diaries and so begins a terrible mystery.

Since the group regularly would write in the diary this give us

basis to assume that the tragedy happened on the night between 1st and 2nd of February.

No one can truly tell what happened

but many theories have risen

In theory, the group was scheduled to return to the village Vizhai by the 12th of February

and using the telegraph let Sverdlovsk know that the expedition was over.

But there was no communication with UPI within the scheduled period.

This caused the relatives to become somewhat worried

but in the beginning the delay didn't cause much of an alarm.

It was figured that the group is very strong and experienced, what could really happen to them

After several days, it became clear that something happened with Dyatlov's group

MOISEI: 19th, 20th of February I was in Ivdel.

They started pulling in first of all

the search leaders, who were ermash [unintelligible] and camping

Evegeni Polykarpovich Maslenikov

at the time he was the party committee secretary of NAVIZ

and started gradually pulling in campers

After one day, with two other campers, a day or two after, they dropped us off at the northern most point of the possible route of Dyatlov's group

OTORTEN
the idea was since the route of the group was know

and that the northern most point was Mt. Otorten

the idea was to cut their route in 5 points

and to find where there is and there isn't a ski trail

where to look for them

They dropped the three of us at Mt. Otorten, radio man, camper, and me.

The radio man we left at the site and on the next day, 22nd or 21st of February

the two of us on skis started cutting the ridge as to find the ski tracks

And around the second part of the day a plane flew over us, An-2

as previously agreed, we laid down forming a letter P

meaning that the search was still continuing

and from a low altitude they dropped a photo canister

with a red flag

Inside there was a message saying that the equipment of Dyatlov's group were found

south of you at the hill 1079 and telling us to end the search

we returned to our drop off point and radioed to base

after a day we were picked up and dropped back off at Yivdal and then by helicopter were dropped off at the valley

What was found was that the first search party lead by Slovtsov which was following the Dyatlov's group ski trail

It approached the storage shed that the group left before making the summit attempt

on Mt. Otorten

and then followed the trail to the pass into

the valley of river Lozhbi

The search group started coming up the ski trail

and from the pass could see a dark spot, the tent

For those who don't know what a {lobaz} (storage shed) is

it is a storage for food and equipement

put onto a tree or buried in the snow so as not to carry

unnecessary food and equpiment

in this case Mt. Otorten which is 10 km (6 mi) from {lobaz}

then comeback, pick up the supplies and start back.

The tent of Dyatlov's group

was found by the Slotsov's search group

on 26th of February

The tent was on a slope of a hill with a height 1079 m (3540 ft)

300 meters (984 ft) from the summit

upper blue line - river Loz'va
green dotted line - tree line
lower blue line - river Auspi

the slope was shallow 18-20 degrees

From the notes of the criminal investigation:

The entrance to the tent was facing towards the pass, almost all of the tent is covered in snow, entrance was open with the bedsheets serving as the floor sticking out of it

The side of the tent facing the slope was torn closer to the to the entrance with a fur jacket sticking out of the tear

The part of slope facing down the slope was torn to shreds

in front of the entrance there was a pair of bound skis

on the inside of the entrance, there was a furnace, a canteen of alcohol, a bucket

a saw, a hatchet, a little bit further the photo cameras,

in the far corner of the tent was the map bag, Dyatlov's photocamera, Kolmogorova's diary, money can.

To the right of the entrance were the provisions

and two pairs of shoes. The other six pairs were along the opposite side

at the opposite side. In the middle the of the tent there were 3.5 pairs of {valenki} (fur snow shoes).

Near the dried bread there was a log brought over from the previous camp.

The packs were laid out on the bottom with the cotton jackets and blankets on top. Some of the blankets aren't laid out.

On top of the blankets the warm clothes is laid out.

In the half closer to the entrance dried bread was found strewn on the blankets and skins of {koreika}.

These observations described in a fairly dry language can be considered objective.

We intentionally quoted the case word for word. This is somewhat boring but necessary.

So it turns out that the tent is torn in two places.

The shoes and warm clothes was left inside but no campers.

We will continue about the search for the Dyatlov's group itself after this

26th of February, 1959 on the Dyatlov's group's tent was found on the pass.

An intense search for the campers began.

MOISEI: We wrapped the tent up.

Two people from the search party while searching for a good base camp spot

in the Lozhva valley

with the storage shed standing in the valley of river Auspi

cut across the slope because from afar they could see a big cedar.

Under the cedar they found two bodies, Krivonishenko and Doroshenko.

They were wearing long-johns and button-up undershirts

and that is it.

I don't remember if they had socks on or not. Maybe in socks, can't tell.

blink blink: Krivonishenko
blink blink: Doroshenko

Near them there was a small fire that has sunk into the snow.

On this cedar, up to the height of 5-6 meters (16-20 ft) the branches were broken off.

It is clear that it was a very heroic and hard work to break

all of that off with bare hands, in freezing temperatures,

and being practically naked

The guys of course jumped from the cedar with the dead bodies since they were young.

Then it was decided to leave the search camp to leave in the valley of river Auspi so

as not to contaminate the search area.

After this decision, from Ivdel' a big army tent was delivered

and this tent started to fill up with people.

Mostly they were campers from UPI (Ural Polytechnic Institute), cadets of the Northern Ural Prison school, and

officers of the prison camp escapee capture team

Just from memory I think there were up to 40 or even more of us.

Amongst us there was the special cases prosecutor from Sverdlovsk Lev Nikitiovich Ivanov.

We shared a sleeping bag.

And very regularly we had others watch us and prevent us from visiting areas we wanted to visit in the search area.

Because some areas were suspicious. It seems that there was a forrest on one of the slopes and like an avalanche went through there.

There was a square that was just naked, it was either covered in snow or something else happened.

Well it seems that we had some restrictions, considering the times it seemed normal.

Now this is how the search was organized.

The team that flew in after the discovery of the tent, they immideately found Dyatlov.

because they saw an arm in a blue sweater and a vest sticking out from the snow

blink blink: Dyatlov

In one spot the dog started to scratch the snow

blink blink: Kolmogorova

and in this spot was Kolmogorova Zina

Further on the search approach was this

We were brought about 10 pieces of rebar from Ivdel'

with a sharpened ends

and in two chess rows using these spikes

started to puncture the snow all the way to the bottom

because of the winds there was no deep snow

maybe 40 to 50 cm (1.5 to 2 feet)

every day we did this crossing the valley

for the second, third, fourth time

blink blink: Slobodin

and at some point we found Rustik Slobodin

that was the 5th found

The first four were taken by helicopter to Ivdel'

then the 5th one, Slobodin

and then around the 5th - 6th of March they were taken to Sverdlovsk

Vladimir Korotaev
Ivdel' prosecutor's office investigator

VLADIMIR: The first group was found without any bodily injuries

What made me suspicious was that no one was allowed into the morgue. For you this is also something new.

KGB was guarding the morgue. The expert was (unintelligible).

I was fulfilling the job of the investigator as well as that of the orderly.

No body was allowed, I was the one that packed the brains and tissue for postmortem.

The first batch of bodies, the first three or four bodies didn't have any bodily injuries

The government commission had a big booze party in village Loz'ba's morgue.

There are postmortem acts of the criminal investigation for each of the campers.

These are dry and fairly cynical words.

There are detailed descriptions of all external and internal injuries.

On the bodies of all 5 campers found in February

there are internal bleedings, scratches, abrasions, coagulated blood etc.

But that is not really important.

What is important is that the first bodies found under the cedar, Yuri Doroshenko and Georgi Krivonishenko were dressed only in underwear.

Doroshenko had a burnt sole and hair on the right temple

and Krivonishenko had a burn on his shin, 31 by 10 cm (10 by 4 in.).

Rustem Slobodin had a skull crack 6 cm (2.5 in) in length

with gapping up to .1 cm (.05 in)

All 5 had 3rd or 4th degree frostbite

Right now we are telling you just the facts

We will talk about all the interpreations in the next episode.

All the theories are built on all the injuries that they have received.

How and from what could these injuries have come from

But for now lets talk about the results of the search in February 1959.

On the slopes of the hill 1079 within 300m (1000 ft) from the summit there is a cut tent.

1.5 km (1 mile) down the slope in the valley of river Loz'va at the tree line under

a big cedar a fire and bodies of Doroshenko and Krivonishenko are discovered

Both in underwear. 300 meters (1000 ft) up the slope

the body of Dyatlov. 180 meters (600 ft) from him body of Slobodin.

150 meters (500 ft) from him, body of Kolmogorova

The bodies of Dyatlov, Slobodin, and Kolmogorova were lying practically in a line

connecting the cedar and tent

The other members of the group the search group didn't find

This tragedy in the Northern Urals shook Sverdlovsk.

Rumors started spreading and this tragedy received world wide attention

MOISEI: The deal is that in 59 in Sverdlovsk there was a Women's Championship in ice skating

That was the first time in my memory

that foreigners as well as journalists were allowed in Sverdlovsk.

so the information of what students do in the Soviet Union and what happens of it

It got into some foreign media

and we received an order from Kruschev - 'Find in whichever way possible'

And under this order we were working

The search for the last 4 campers went through March, Aprli, May.

The funerals of Dyatlov, Kolmogorova, Slobodin, Doronshenko, Krivonishenko took place on 9th of March, 1959.

on Mihailovskoye cemetary.

Of course, the government tried to keep it quiet, at the very least not advertise.

At first, the dead were supposed to be buried in Ivdel'.

But the parents insisted: 'Our kids aren't criminals and will be buried in Sverdlovsk.'

From witness Valentin Yakimenko all flyers about the funeral were torn down.

But UPI students would barge into lectures and would tell everyone about the time and place.

A huge number of people showed for the funeral.

The caskets were carried out of the Radio major dormitories on the Lenin-General street.

There were policemen on each intersection

In each common yard there were plain clothed policment.

Caskets weren't allowed through the main entrance to the Mihailovskoye cemetery.

Everyone entered through a big hole in the fence.

Four of them were buried together.

Georgi Krivonishenko was buried separately at Ivanovskoye cemetery, seemingly that was the will of the parents.

It was intentded to put a memorial at the grave of the four.

But then it was decided to put a stella.

Money was budgeted but weren't used in time.

In the end a monument was put in place.

which stands here to this day

About the search for the rest of the group and different version of what happened in this grim mystery we will tell you in the next episode