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Yevgeniy Abalakov

1907 - 1948

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

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yevgeniy Abalakov is the 35th most popular mountaineer (up from 36th in 2019), the 1,574th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,618th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Russian Mountaineer.

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Among MOUNTAINEERS

Among mountaineers, Yevgeniy Abalakov ranks 35 out of 56. Before him are Peter Habeler, Erhard Loretan, Jon Krakauer, Ardito Desio, Vittorio Sella, and Riccardo Cassin. After him are Rob Hall, Apa Sherpa, Verney Lovett Cameron, Ueli Steck, Simone Moro, and Oh Eun-sun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Yevgeniy Abalakov ranks 247. Before him are Jack Albertson, Víctor Avendaño, Philip Arthur Fisher, Israel Regardie, Polina Osipenko, and Hugo Strauß. After him are Wanda Jakubowska, Petro Grigorenko, Bep van Klaveren, Ismail Nasiruddin of Terengganu, Nikolai Gastello, and Lydia Chukovskaya. Among people deceased in 1948, Yevgeniy Abalakov ranks 146. Before him are May Whitty, Elsa Brändström, Ernst Herzfeld, Yellapragada Subbarow, Alfredo Baldomir, and George Horine. After him are Siegmund von Hausegger, Gregg Toland, Bevil Rudd, Gustav Schuft, Constantin Angelescu, and Manuel Arce y Ochotorena.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Yevgeniy Abalakov ranks 1,574 out of 3,761. Before him are Valentina Ponomaryova (1933), Vladimir Odoyevsky (1803), Nadezhda Rumyantseva (1930), Aleksandr Stoletov (1839), Maria Itkina (1932), and Yuri Bondarev (1924). After him are Raisa Smetanina (1952), Vasily Trediakovsky (1703), Valentin Afonin (1939), Nadezhda Popova (1921), Valery Gazzaev (1954), and Nikolay Kamov (1902).

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Among MOUNTAINEERS In Russia

Among mountaineers born in Russia, Yevgeniy Abalakov ranks 2. Before him are Anatoli Boukreev (1958). After him are Denis Urubko (1973).

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