Whatever it was, something killed nine ski hikers in at dyatlov pass in the soviet unions northern ural mountains one night in early february 1959. The experienced trekking group, who were all from the ural polytechnical institute, had established a camp on the slopes of kholat syakhl, in an area now named in honor of the. Russia reopens 1959 mystery case of 9 hikers killed at dyatlov pass. Nevertheless, from this press release, it does seem that the dyatlov pass mystery has been upgraded to a focus of their treatment. On february 2, 1959, 9 experienced ski hikers died under extremely strange and somewhat frightening circumstances. The dyatlov pass incident despite sixty years of speculation about the deaths of nine skiers in russias ural mountains in 1959, the dyatlov pass incident is still an unsolved mystery. The untold true story of the dyatlov pass incident. Russia reopens investigation into 60yearold dyatlov pass mystery. Starting on february 26, the discoveries of the bodies opened up the true mystery of the dyatlov pass incident that continues to this day. Shocking new theory of the dyatlov pass incident the. The mystery of the dyatlov pass incident interesting engineering. January 28, 1959, ten students from the ural polytechnic institute in solikamsk, russia, set out on an expedition into the ural mountainsspecifically, otorten mountain. In 1959 there were 9 russian mountain hikers found dead. Russia reopens 1959 mystery case of 9 hikers killed at.
In february 1959, a group of nine experienced hikers in the russian ural mountains died mysteriously on an elevation known as dead mountain. With holly goss, matt stokoe, luke albright, ryan hawley. More than sixty years later, the dyatlov pass incident remains one of the most baffling and eerie mysteries of all time. In 1959, nine russian university students disappeared on a hiking expedition in the ural mountains. Normally, information of this nature would not cause a shockwave to coerce through people, but in this case, several factors contributed to cause a mystery that people are still trying to unravel today. Nov 21, 2011 the dyatlov pass incident this is the story about 9 ski hiker deaths that happened in the northersn ural mountains in russia on the night of february 2, 1959. To this day, the cause of their death remains a mystery. A team of ten, eight men and 2 women, led by igor dyatlov. Now russian police hope to finally explain the mystery surrounding the. The group, led by 23yearold igor dyatlov, hadnt returned from their hiking trip to otorten mountain in the winter of 1959. Before that in the 90s several books came out with quotations from the case files matveeva, buyanov, rakitin.
This is the story about 9 ski hiker deaths that happened in the northersn ural mountains in russia on the night of february 2, 1959. The mystery of dyatlov pass by svetlana oss professional moron. Officially published by dyatlov foundation in the form of a book in 20. Portrait person achievements image mikhail babushkin 18931938 military and polar aviator, hero of the soviet union babushkin took part in an expedition to rescue umberto nobile in 1928, and in the rescue of the ss chelyuskin crew in 1933. As two recent books on the mysterious dyatlov pass incident indicate, this early russian 1959 event is one of the biggest mysteries of the 20th century. Feb 12, 2019 whatever it was, something killed nine ski hikers in at dyatlov pass in the soviet unions northern ural mountains one night in early february 1959. Nearly sixty years later, podcast host nat mcpherson. At 17,075,400 square kilometres 6,592,850 sq mi, russia is the largest country in the world, covering more than a ninth of the earth. Russian national archives the dyatlov pass students as they hiked toward otorten. On february 26, 1959, nine experienced russian skiers were found dead approximately one mile from there camp site. Investigators baffled by the unexplained and gruesome deaths of russian college students decades ago have come up with a new suspect, albeit an unlikely one. A great mystery that has mystified the russian people ever since it happened. Why would nine experienced outdoorsmen and women rush out of their tent, insufficiently clothed, in twentyfive degreesbelowzero conditions and walk a mile toward.
On january 23, 1959 a group of 9 russian hikers from the ural polytechic university led by igor dyatlov went on a hike to the ural mountains 7 guys and two gals igor dyatlov, alexander kolevatov, rustem slobodin, yuri krivonischenko, nikolay tibobriniol, yuri doroshenko, alexander zolotarev, ludmila dubinina, zina kolmogorova. Experienced crosscountry skiers, their bodies were found scattered around a. Eerie aspects of the mountain climbing incidentunexplained violent injuries, signs that they cut open and fled the tent without proper clothing or shoes, a strange final. In 1959 a group of nine russian students met a mysterious death in the ural mountains. Eichar, a film director and producer, tries to make sense of the puzzling tale of the dead students from ural polytechnic university. The dyatlov pass incident 1959 in the local cemetery of yekaterinburg is a group grave dating back to 1959 containing the bodies of 9 members from the ural polytechnical. Nov 26, 2018 the group, led by 23yearold igor dyatlov, hadnt returned from their hiking trip to otorten mountain in the winter of 1959.
Has the dyatlov pass mystery of nine skiers who died in. Author donnie eichar proposed in his 20 book dead mountain. The basis for this is the 1959 dyatlov pass incidenta true, unsolved mystery in which nine russian skiers died in the ural mountains. State department released tapes that showed that soviet jets had shot down an unarmed american lockheed c transport plane on september 2, 1958. Sep 17, 2019 the expedition originally began with ten hikers, and it was led by a 23yearold man named igor dyatlov. The russians are a tough and honorable people, they do not panic when faced with adversity. In 1959 a group of nine experienced 7 men 2 women hikers in the russian ural mountains died mysteriously in an area known as dead mountain. In 1959, nine russian students set off on a skiing expedition in the ural mountains. All of this information, though seemingly unimportant, would play a significant role in the historymystery of the dyatlov expedition. We are unbiased by any theory and we dont sell anything.
February 2 nine hikers died mysteriously while on an expedition in the ural mountains of russia. The dyatlov pass incident is an enormous enigma on which countless articles, books, interviews, podcasts, tv shows, and even a few movies have spawned from. We dont pretend to have the solution to the dyatlov mystery, but some. In 1990, russian anatoly gushchin published a book about the incident. The below videos gives one a glimpse of the russian spirit. In february 1959 nine russian hikers camping on a mountain pass without apparent reason flee the safety of their tent, freezing to death. The dyatlov pass incident this is the story about 9 ski hiker deaths that happened in the northersn ural mountains in russia on the night of february 2, 1959. Dyatlov pass cold case reopened by russian police, who say nine. Their bodies were found weeks later, inexplicably mutilated, and their deaths were never explained.
Oct 05, 2017 russian national archives the dyatlov pass students as they hiked toward otorten. Photo taken from a roll of film found at the camp of. On january 23, 1959, nine young russian students of the ussr set out for a 190mile crosscountry ski tour in the urals north of sverdlovsk. Eerie aspects of the incidentunexplained violent injuries, signs that they cut open and fled the tent without proper clothing or shoes, a strange final photograph taken by. On february 2, 1959, nine experienced ski hikers died under extremely strange and somewhat frightening circumstances.
A mysterious case of nine experienced skiers who died in bizarre circumstances on an expedition into siberia may have been solved by an america researcher. A solution to the dyatlov pass mystery, a new book by svetlana oss. Some members of the dyatlov group during the expedition. In 1938, the nazis sent a large team of explorers including scientists, military units and building crews on war ships and submarines to the queen maud land region of antarctica. In 1959, the frozen bodies of a ninemember skihiking expedition that had gone missing weeks weeks before in northern urals of the soviet union were found near their campsite on a mountain called kholat syakhl which, according to russian sources, means dead mountain in the indigenous mansi language. Theories for their demise range from natural disasters to a government or military cover up and even to an encounter with aliens or the russian bigfoot known as yeti. Mar 29, 2015 nine young hikers died mysteriously in 1959 in the wild northern ural mountains. The soviet college student brought a team of eight experienced hikers from the ural polytechnical. Nine russian hikers found dead february 26, 1959 today in. May 11, 2014 this article presents the initial story of the dyatlov ural mountain expedition of 1959 during which all 9 members of the expedition died under the most mysterious of circumstances, with of the 9 victims suffering harrowing injuries that could not be explained satisfactorily or attributable to natural causes. Feb 04, 2019 russian prosecutors have launched a new investigation into the mysterious case of nine students who died in bizarre circumstances after disappearing on a skiing trip 60 years ago. In 1959, nine hikers faced horrifying and baffling deaths in the ural mountains. The dyatlov pass incident is virtually unknown outside russia, but in that country, its been a muchdiscussed mystery for decades. May 08, 2014 the dyatlov pass incident is a rare and eerie mystery in russian history.
The dyatlov pass incident explained by modern science. At the beginning of february, the group reached the mount kholat syakh and when the weather got worse. On february 2, 1959, nine college students climbed the icy slopes of dyatlov pass in the ural mountains of russia. At the point of their disappearance, the goal of the illfated expedition was to reach otorten, a mountain that was approximately six miles away. A decadesold mystery surrounding the death of nine skiers has spawned a. Countless articles, books and documentaries have sought to explain the fate of the. Russia reopens investigation into 60yearold dyatlov. Countless articles, books and documentaries have sought to explain the fate of the group from the ural polytechnic institute who set off on the trip in 1959 under the direction of igor dyatlov, a. Eerie aspects of the incidentunexplained violent injuries, signs that they cut open and fled the tent without proper clothing or shoes, a strange final photograph taken by one of the hikers, and elevated levels of radiation found on.
Referred to ever since as the dyatlov pass incident the pass is named for igor dyatlov, leader of the expedition, the events of that night have remained a mystery for the past 60 years. The author is british so there is no bias here in this study of what happened to these nine, young, healthy people in 1959. Feb 01, 2019 in february 1959 nine russian hikers camping on a mountain pass without apparent reason flee the safety of their tent, freezing to death. However, in february 2019, the russian authorities made a surprise.
Investigators at dyatlov pass stumble onto a shocking scene wikimedia commons a view of the tent as the rescuers found it on february 26, 1959. Bbc world service the documentary, the dyatlov pass mystery. The mystery of the 9 russian hikers found dead youtube. The mystery of the bizarre deaths of elite russian hikers in a 1959 tragedy on a deadly ural mountain is the subject of eichars extensive investigation. In the night of what is believed to be february 2, 1959, 9 russian university students hiking and skiing in the wilderness of the ural mountains died mysteriously. Russian prosecutors have launched a new investigation into the mysterious. These students of engineering at ural polytechnic institute head for an expedition which, hopefully, would up their status from grade 2 hikers to grade 3. Dec 28, 2017 the dyatlov pass incident despite sixty years of speculation about the deaths of nine skiers in russias ural mountains in 1959, the dyatlov pass incident is still an unsolved mystery. The mystery of the bizarre deaths of elite russian hikers in a 1959 tragedy on.
In 1959 nine experienced russian skiers pictured died of inexplicable causes on a slope of kholat syakhl, known as the mountain of the dead in siberia. The mystery of dyatlov pass the abandoned tent, with search and rescue members yuri koptelov and yladislav karelin on february 27th, 1959. Their mutilated bodies were discovered weeks later. Nine russian hikers found dead february 26, 1959 today.
Specifically, it was in a pass known as dyatlov pass. Nine young hikers died mysteriously in 1959 in the wild northern ural mountains. In 1959, the frozen bodies of a ninemember skihiking expedition that had. The untold true story of the dyatlov pass incident chronicle books, eichar recounts the trials and tribulations of his trips to russia, and reconstructs the dyatlov groups trip, with a strong assist from both yudin and yuri kuntsevich, the latter the president of the dyatlov foundation, whose mission is to preserve. The mystery of dyatlov pass by svetlana oss professional. A group of students go the location of the infamous dyatlov pass incident to make a documentary, but things take a turn for the worse as the secret of what happened there is revealed. Mysterious story happened in russia in 1959, page 1. He performed the flights to the first drifting ice station north pole1 in 1937. This incident happened on the east shoulder of kholat syakhl mountain meaning mountain of the dead. The hikers that were wiped out at dyatlov pass were not weak willed people, they were kind hearted and full of zest. Jul 06, 2018 the story begins with a skiing expedition across the northern ural mountains in the soviet union, circa 1959. In 193738 he participated in a search for sigizmund levanevsky.
Aug 23, 20 in 1959 nine experienced russian skiers pictured died of inexplicable causes on a slope of kholat syakhl, known as the mountain of the dead in siberia. Oct 22, 20 the dyatlov pass incident is virtually unknown outside russia, but in that country, its been a muchdiscussed mystery for decades. Russian prosecutors have launched a new investigation into the mysterious case of nine students who died in bizarre circumstances after disappearing on a skiing trip 60 years ago. Moncrieff, is an incredibly realistic historicalfiction, horror novel. Their skulls were crushed and one of them was missing his tongue, yet all their clothes were highly radioactive. On january 31, 1959, a 23yearold ski hiker named igor alekseyevich dyatlov embarked on a journey to reach the peak of otorten, a mountain in the northern urals. Dyatlov foundation received in 2012 an official copy of the case from the state archive of the sverdlovsk region. If you think circumstances encompassing the incident are strange at first glance, the rabbit hole only gets deeper after eliminating the wild yeti, ufo, ball lightening theories. Amidst the broken wood, shredded canvas and debris of the ravaged tent, investigators discovered rolls of undeveloped film and the journals of a few of the expedition members, but rather than helping to illuminate the truth, these finds would only add more layers to this already dense mystery.
Yuri yudin hugging lyudmila dubinina as he prepares to leave the group due to illness, as igor dyatlov looks on. The dyatlov pass is located in the ural mountains of western russia. This article presents the initial story of the dyatlov ural mountain expedition of 1959 during which all 9 members of the expedition died under the most mysterious of circumstances, with of the 9 victims suffering harrowing injuries that could not be. Eerie aspects of the incidentunexplained violent injuries, signs that they cut open and fled the tent without proper clothing or shoes, a strange final photograph taken by one of the hikers, and elevated levels of radiation found on some of their clotheshave led to decades of speculation over what really happened. The tent as the rescuers found it on february 26, 1959, which had been cut open from inside haunting photographs from the film in their cameras show the happy and relaxed faces of good friends on an exhilarating adventure, capturing their journey by train, road and on foot to this desolate area. The two women on the expedition were zinaida kolmogorova and lyudmila dubinina, and the other men were alexander kolevatov, rusterm slobodin, yuri krivonischenko, yuri doroshenko, nicolai thibeauxbrignolle, alexander zolotarev, and yuri yudin. The mystery of the bizarre deaths of elite russian hikers in a 1959 tragedy on a.
Initially, there were 10 members in the group, but one of the hikers, yuri yudin, had a severe pain in the joints, which made him abandon the venture. Eichar supports the theory recently proposed by yuri kuntsevich, head of the dyatlov foundation, a russian organisation dedicated to the memory of the party and to resolving the mystery. The history of exploration by citizens or subjects of the russian federation, the soviet union, the russian empire, the tsardom of russia and other russian predecessor states forms a significant part of the history of russia as well as the history of the world. Episode 2 the dyatlov pass incident, 28 november 2014, national geographic.
The dyatlov pass mystery spawned dozens of conspiracy theories, which have endured for 60. Mysterious deaths of college students blamed on russian. May 20, 2019 more than sixty years later, the dyatlov pass incident remains one of the most baffling and eerie mysteries of all time. The experienced trekking group, who were all from the ural polytechnical institute, had established a camp on the slopes of. I had never heard of this event until i saw the book at barnes. Their bizarre and unexplained deaths are one of the most enduring true mysteries of our time. The story begins with a skiing expedition across the northern ural mountains in the soviet union, circa 1959. Yuri yudin, a 10th member of the expedition who pulled out of the trip due.
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