Yevgeniy Abalakov

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

Yevgeniy Abalakov

Abalakov was born in Yeniseysk. He is noted for making the first ascent of the highest point of the Soviet Union – Stalin Peak (later renamed Communism Peak and eventually Ismoil Somoni Peak, its current name) (7,495 m) on 3 September 1933 as a member of the 26th detachment of the Tajik-Pamir Sovnarkom expedition. At the beginning of the German-Soviet War 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, was also a famous mountaineer.[3]

Abalakov was buried at Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow.