I think this version is final. It is based only on the materials of the criminal case, as well as on some conclusions and guesses. However, this is also a version, albeit quite sensational. The real truth is known to those who took part in the search for the missing group. But all these years they have remained stubbornly silent. Afraid to debunk with their confessions a beautiful myth that has been living for almost 60 years in a row.
Studying the scans of the criminal case, which, in fact, should be in the archive, and not "walk" between frequent hands, I drew attention to a strange pattern. I will try to explain everything briefly and concisely.
1. Radiograms. During the search, numerous radio communications were made between the search engines and the headquarters in Sverdlovsk and Ivdel. Several radiograms say that the reason for the sudden abandonment of the tent was that a hurricane began at the pass. The wind pressure and speed were very high. By the way, in one of the testimonies of witnesses (in the same criminal case) there is a story that with such a wind in the mountains, the formation of strong sounds is possible. This sound wave causes panic and horror in the people listening to it. It is logical to assume that the tired people fell asleep in the tent, then woke up from sudden gusts of wind and heard a terrible hum. Next, we will study numerous radiograms. One of them says that at the entrance to the tent all things were complicated. Thus, people tried to close the entrance,or tried to keep the tent curtain in the piercing wind like that. Considering that with a wind speed of 30 meters per second and a temperature of 24 degrees below zero, the feeling of frost is comparable to a temperature of minus 50 degrees, such actions are very justified and understandable. When the wind pressure began to "crumple" the canvas tent, the tourists' nerves could not stand it. The hum and noise from the wind, they regarded as the threat of an imminent avalanche. Since they blocked the entrance with things, they could no longer get out of the tent in the usual way. I had to rip open the tent. Then people began to jump out. At the same time, everyone was in the clothes that they were wearing at that moment. There was no time to look for clothes in the dark and cramped conditions.the feeling of frost is comparable to a temperature of minus 50 degrees, such actions are very justified and understandable. When the wind pressure began to "crumple" the canvas tent, the tourists' nerves could not stand it. The hum and noise from the wind, they regarded as the threat of an imminent avalanche. Since they blocked the entrance with things, they could no longer get out of the tent in the usual way. I had to rip open the tent. Then people began to jump out. At the same time, everyone was in the clothes that they were wearing at that moment. There was no time to look for clothes in the dark and cramped conditions.the feeling of frost is comparable to a temperature of minus 50 degrees, such actions are very justified and understandable. When the wind pressure began to "crumple" the canvas tent, the tourists' nerves could not stand it. The hum and noise from the wind, they regarded as the threat of an imminent avalanche. Since they blocked the entrance with things, they could no longer get out of the tent in the usual way. I had to rip open the tent. Then people began to jump out. At the same time, everyone was in the clothes that they were wearing at that moment. There was no time to look for clothes in the dark and cramped conditions. I had to rip open the tent. Then people began to jump out. At the same time, everyone was in the clothes that they were wearing at that moment. There was no time to look for clothes in the dark and cramped conditions. I had to rip open the tent. Then people began to jump out. At the same time, everyone was in the clothes that they were wearing at that moment. There was no time to look for clothes in the dark and cramped conditions.
2. People were rolling down the slope. Most likely, some of the injuries are explained by this fall. Immediately crawled away and went down. They confused the sound of the wind with the sound of an avalanche. Then they went (in an organized way) down to the cedar and the stream. As far as possible from the tent.
3. Since most of them were without outer clothing and shoes, they decided to make a fire. In shock, they broke off and cut off branches that were impossible to cut even with a saw. Somehow the fire was kindled. But instead of warmth and life, he caused serious burns. People did not feel warmth from the cold and wind. And they didn't feel pain from burns either. When studying the materials of the criminal case, I found out that only naked people had burns and burnt clothes. It was they who died from frostbite and general hypothermia.
4. Apparently realizing that the avalanche would not come down on the tent, people decided to climb the slope and return back to the tent. And here they had a conflict. The group consisted of two clothed and shod people. These are Semyon Zolotareva and Nikolai Thibault-Brignolle. Both died from severe injuries. They did not freeze like the rest. They died from injuries. In addition, Semyon Zolotarev was wearing a blue sports jacket with buttons. And a vest on a sheepskin. Both of these things were later identified as the things of Zina Kolmogorova. Thibault-Bignol, however, was shod in new felt boots and had several pairs of woolen socks on his feet. For some reason he had two pairs of watches on his wrist. And Zolotarev had a compass on his hand. The main thing I want to tell you is that it was Zolotarev and Thibault who were fully dressed initially. Frost and wind were not the cause of their death. But they both died from injuries. How did they get them? As a result of a fall from a mountain, or was it in a fight for warm clothes? After all, Kolmogorova's things were on Zolotarev. Why? Did he take them away from her? Or did she give them away voluntarily? However, the second option probably disappears. Since these people did not share warm things with their comrades. Therefore, no one would voluntarily give them their clothes. In addition, Zolotarev and Thibault did not have any burns, they did not have frostbite either. They died in a fight, possibly fighting each other, or with someone else. But it seems to me that there was no one there except for tourists. This situation was too extreme. It is clear that this version will not suit anyone. But it also has a right to exist. At least as a version. Why? Did he take them away from her? Or did she give them away voluntarily? However, the second option probably disappears. Since these people did not share warm things with their comrades. Therefore, no one would voluntarily give them their clothes. In addition, Zolotarev and Thibault did not have any burns, they did not have frostbite either. They died in a fight, possibly fighting each other, or with someone else. But it seems to me that there was no one there except for tourists. This situation was too extreme. It is clear that this version will not suit anyone. But it also has a right to exist. At least as a version. Why? Did he take them away from her? Or did she give them away voluntarily? However, the second option probably disappears. Since these people did not share warm things with their comrades. Therefore, no one would voluntarily give them their clothes. In addition, Zolotarev and Thibault did not have any burns, they did not have frostbite either. They died in a fight, possibly fighting each other, or with someone else. But it seems to me that there was no one there except for tourists. This situation was too extreme. It is clear that this version will not suit anyone. But it also has a right to exist. At least as a version.perhaps fighting with each other, or with someone else. But it seems to me that there was no one there except for tourists. This situation was too extreme. It is clear that this version will not suit anyone. But it also has a right to exist. At least as a version.perhaps fighting with each other, or with someone else. But it seems to me that there was no one there except for tourists. This situation was too extreme. It is clear that this version will not suit anyone. But it also has a right to exist. At least as a version.
5. The survivors made an attempt to return to the slope to the tent. Where their clothes and stove were. Where they could escape the frost. I think a couple of hours have passed by now. It may have been earlier in the morning. The wind died down and the avalanche did not threaten them. But all who survived were frostbitten, almost all were undressed and their strength was gone. Zina Kolmogorova approached the tent farthest. But she too froze to death.
6. Fantastic option. But it was also possible then. While fleeing from the tent, Zolotarev and Thibault were seriously injured. Seeing their helplessness, the tourists gave them their clothes and shoes (voluntarily). And they themselves decided to freeze to death. Kolmogorova gave him her jacket and vest. Someone made a splint for him from a camera case. It was the same with Kolya Thibault. Nice and noble. Does anyone believe this?
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7. One more addition. It was not in vain that I told about the presence of burns and burnt clothes on the bodies of tourists. Why burns? Because visually, burns of 2,3,4 degrees are no different from frostbite. The burns are identical, they are located close to the places where the clothes of the victims had traces of burnout and charring. All this means only one thing. After escaping from the tent and falling from the slope, all (!) Tourists survived. They managed to get to the cedar on their own and made a fire there. Then these people went back to the tent. Rather, they tried to get there with their last strength. The strongest turned out to be Kolmogorova. She was the last to die. The corpse of Yuri Doroshenko had a section of clothing burnt by the fire. Georgy Krivonischenko, in general, was in some underpants, almost burnt out by the fire. The poor fellow tried to keep warm, but he failed. It's amazingthat he managed to gather all his strength and crawled to the tent. True, he could not get far from the cedar. All this, together, proves the fact that they were at the fire for several hours. Seeing that the real threat is no longer there. The avalanche did not come down, and the hurricane stopped tormenting the mountainside, they tried to return. But that was impossible. The trap slammed shut and the snow covered them all with a burial shroud.
This is just a version. But it seems that it was this version that was the main one in the investigation of the criminal case. All the facts were hidden so that no one would ever know the truth. However, all this time, there was a verdict in the case. People died from an insurmountable natural disaster. With no chance of surviving on a mountainside during a hurricane. The conflict and the fight, also, had no place in the criminal case. As well as their possible feat (they gave their clothes to the dying). So that at least, somehow, to disguise the truth in the case brought evidence of some balls and celestial phenomena. Such, however, could really happen, but they were not involved in the death of tourists. As well as all other factors. So a beautiful fairy tale turned, in one moment, into a bloody drama. And feat and self-sacrifice have become an ordinary struggle for survival. The mountains take the soul. It has always been that way. This happened at the beginning of February 1959.
PS My late father, in 1979, was the commander of the VGCH detachment in Severouralsk (Kalya village). I remember one story from his work well. Once, at one of the SUBRA mines, a rock collapse occurred. A blockage formed, in which the whole shift was. Since the mine was bauxite, no explosion occurred. However, then I found three or five respirators with oxygen in the surviving people. These people took them away from weaker comrades. Saving my life by this. Of course, they were all fired later. Sometimes, to save their lives, people obey instinct. Which makes them real beasts …
The scheme of the detection of corpses at the Dyatlov pass.
It is this jacket that will later be worn on Semyon Zolotarev.
A vest on a sheepskin will also be worn on the corpse of Zolotarev.
Sample radiograms from a criminal case.
The tent from which the tourists fled.
Is Zina Kolmogorova's jacket worn on the corpse of Semyon Zolotarev?
Valentin Degterev