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#Orange 13-04-2018 In this infamous case there is a persistent talk about brown-red or orange discoloration of the of skin of the victims and their clothes. Lets track this claims to their origin, and see what they amount to.

The day Russia nuked itself: The Kyshtym disaster 28-09-2019 The Kyshtym disaster was a radioactive contamination accident that occurred on 29 September 1957 at Mayak, a plutonium production site for nuclear weapons and nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in the Soviet Union. It measured as a Level 6 disaster on the International Nuclear Event Scale (INES), making it the third most serious nuclear accident ever recorded, behind the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster and the Chernobyl disaster (both Level 7 on the INES).

Bomb huggers 28-09-2019 This overview of by Galina Sazonova of the cold war and arm race times in which the Kyshtym disaster happened explains in objective and informative way what led to the accident. Sure negligence, shortsightedness and lack of respect for human life were main causes, but how did the events unfold. This we only know from the Los Alamos report to the CIA. Russian Federation is still secretive about the specifics of the catastrophe. Still, there were more than one player on the playground. And the toys were human life and the environment.

Krivonischenko letter to Dyatlov 09-02-2020 «Hello everyone!»

Happy New Year, hiking friends!
Let me wish you
Camping in faraway mountains
Ascending summits in the wild.

Let your backpacks be light,
weather always fine,
winter not too cold,
and summer to be mild.

Interview with Konstantin Krivonischenko 14-04-2018 To many researchers of this tragedy, Yuri Krivonischenko seems to be a rather mysterious person. It is known that he worked at the Mayak secret nuclear enterprise. It is believed that he was a KGB recruit. Yuri’s clothes turned out to be radioactive. For some reason, Yuri Krivonischenko, as well as another victim - Semyon Zolotaryov, was buried separately from other hikers in a prestigious and already closed city cemetery.

Rashevskaya (Doroshenko) interview 2011 14-04-2018 "I think that there were tests of new weapons and something went south. They were caught at the wrong place at the wrong time. Namely, it is connected with military equipment. No doubt about it. Nothing else. Avalanche is nonsense... The color of their skin confirms it... I just heard what my mother said - orange."

Rashevskaya (Doroshenko) interview 2012 14-04-2018 Yuri Doroshenko was born on January 29, 1938. He was born, grew up, studied, graduated from high school, entered the Institute of Radio Engineering, became interested in ski hiking, like almost all his fellow students of those years, went on an expedition and died. On that trek, a few days before his death, he turned 21. What do we know about him? Almost nothing.

Rashevskaya (Doroshenko) letter 2011 14-04-2018 "I remember that she was telling and showing a sweatshirt and a sweater, both ruined. Tinted with orange powder. It seems all the dead were orange. My brother Volodya studied in UPI at this time. He met with relatives of the victims and reported all the versions to my mother. Then the relatives were told not to go there anymore. To drop it. No one will tell them anything."

Lyudmila Dubinina's premonition of her tragic death 09-04-2019 What was tormenting Lyuda's mind in the days before the tragedy, was she feeling the impending doom or was she just a troubled soul? The entries in her diaries raise many questions, and the coincidences make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up.

Interview with Igor Aleksandrovich Dubinin, Lyuda's brother 09-04-2019 "Who made the den is not clear. Because the picture shows that the trunks were of such diameter, cut down obliquely. The knife they had couldn't have done that. That is, either it was made earlier, this den, by Mansi for example, or someone was hiding there before them, and they just used it. But for some reason they were not in the den, but 5 meters away from it? Also not clear. No one can tie together all the circumstances."

"Experts can not be blamed for anything!" 29-05-2013 Interview by Maya Piskareva with Igor Olegovich Makushkin, the son of the same expert on Dyatlov case - Genrietta Eliseevna Churkina who examined the tent and was present at the autopsies of the last 4 bodies found in May 1959. Her son became forensic expert in the same Sverdlovsk forensic research laboratory, and he is now a Professor of Forensic Science. His mother was confiding in him as a colleague, but on his opinion there were secrets that she took with her.

Expedition Unknown 01-09-2019 Josh Gates braves sub-zero temperatures to snowmobile across the Siberian Tundra investigating one of the coldest cases of the Cold War: the baffling deaths of nine hikers on Russia’s infamous Dead Mountain. He concludes his in-depth investigation of the Dyatlov Pass Incident. Taking on Dead Mountain's brutal conditions, Josh and two investigators re-trace the last steps of the hikers.

Vizhay 10-05-2019 Our collection of maps and old photos of Vizhay and its people. Dyatlov group spent the night of 25-26 Jan 1959 in Vizhay. Igor Dyatlov and Zina Kolmogorova sent their last letters from the Post office in Vizhay.

Chicken a la Otorten 04-05-2019 Excerpts from Vladimir Askinadzi's personal archive and memoirs "We are the last of the Mohicans"

Counting skis 03-05-2019 There are different accounts in the case files to how many pair of skis were under the bottom of the tent, and what happened to the spare pair of skis Dyatlov group were bringing to the trek.

Maslennikov 2nd notebook afterthoughts 25-07-2019 Do you see any traces of cover up or attempts to obstruct the search or hide evidence? Don't just read other people's opinion, make up your own mind. Here are the writings of the man who lead the search. It's a good start. I will give you some pointers that I found interesting while reading. What happened to the original Evening Otorten? How was the time of death established before Evening Otorten was found among the items in the tent? Was Maslennikov the only witness to Dyatlov group diary? Why haven't Yuri Krivonischenko's topos never been published?

Maslennikov loose pages 20-02-2021 Russian 9. Slobodin's body discovery protocol Protocol №1 Finding the body of Slobodin from UPI hiking group (leader Dyatlov) Height 1079 6.III.1959 ...

Maslennikov 2nd notebook 15-07-2019 Maslennikov Evgeniy Polikarpovich, (1924-1983) Master of Sports, head of the regional hiking club, leading the search operation in 1959. Maslennikov's notebooks were not part of the criminal case. They have never been looked at during the investigation. This is the first time when they have been published in their entirety with full transcript in both Russian and English. The second book raises some controversial questions. It is a very interesting reading about the way search was executed, the moral climate and how time and findings affected the rescue members. Also the reaction of the leaders. Do you see any traces of cover up or attempts to obstruct the search or hide evidence? Don't just read other people's opinion, make up your own mind. Here are the writings of the man who lead the search.

Maslennikov notebook 15-07-2019 Maslennikov Evgeniy Polikarpovich, (1924-1983) Master of Sports, head of the regional hiking club, leading the search operation in 1959. He was expecting the search to be over much in a much shorter period of time, hence the 12 sheet first notebook. The second notebook is four time bigger. The reality got to him.

Bienko - the 11th member of the Dyatlov group 26-07-2020 Bienko's name keeps popping up in documents and diaries. He is a person of interest to the case in the following aspects. Zolotaryov took his place on the fateful trek. Bienko developed Krivonischneko's film in his own bathroom. Bienko was Lev Ivanov's confidant, and recollects investigator's dramatic change after his visit to the pass in May.

The sole survivor from Dyatlov Pass 13-04-2018 Yuri Yudin, born July 19 1937, died April 27 2013 aged 75. The sole survivor of the Dyatlov Pass incident. His life was not easy. He left his heart on the pass. Never married, buried himself in work and activities so he doesn't have to stay alone with the ghosts of his friends that remained forever frozen on the ill fated pass. Till the end of his days he didn't forgive himself for not dying with them. Yudin could never give any account of the events in January-February 1959 after he turn back from 2nd Northern settlement to Yekaterinburg due to worsening inflammation of sciatic nerve.

On the Road of Trial 09-04-2019 Similar cases are describer in "On the Road of Trial" by geologists Grigoriy Fedoseev. Conspiralogists find it possible that the cover up is inspired by the events described in this book.

Conspiracy or negligence 17-04-2019 The date on the cover of the official Case file is 6 February 1959. How’s this possible if Dyatlov group was not even due back by that time? The conspiracy advocates point this as a clear evidence that the investigation started before the official discovery of the first dead bodies.

Discrepancies in the Resolution to close the case 31-03-2019 One of the most well-known documents of the criminal case is ridden with errors and ambiguity. Author Galina Sazonova

Yury Yakimov's theory 27-12-2018 Yury Yakimov was a shift foreman from Severouralsk (a city in the north Urals, 178 km (110 miles) from the Dyatlov Pass). His theory attempts to explain the nature of the injuries, the strange behavior and many other inconsistencies in the story of the Dyatlov group and is based on the author’s personal encounter with an unexplained phenomenon, which took place during a night shift in an open-pit mine in 2002. The following – the remainder of this chapter – is a translated and condensed account in his own words.

Rakitin's version on Kolevatov 14-04-2018 Alexey Rakitin: We cannot with absolute certainty assert that Alexander Kolevatov was firmly associated with the Committee, however, the high probability of that is evident from the unusual circumstances of his life.

Tibo broken wings 14-04-2018 Russian engineer. Great-grandson of a French architect.
An emotional interview of Maria Piskareva with Anna Ermolaeva - Nikolai Thibeaux-Brignolle second cousin, Marina Evgenyevna Kazantseva, and her brother Sergey Evgenyevich Kazantsev. The history of the Thibeaux family. Memories of Kolya. Questions about the identification of Kolya's belongings. His date of birth.

«My opinion is that there are no mysteries in the case of the death of Dyatlov group» 14-04-2018 1-Feb-2017
Sergey Shkryabach, a veteran of the investigating authorities and a mountaineer, commented on the air of Radio Komsomolskaya Pravda his opinion on the results of the inspection of the Russian IC of the case of the tragic death of a group of tourists led by Igor Dyatlov in the Urals in 1959

Criminalist Shkryabach conclusion 14-04-2018 Publication of criminalist Sergey Shkryabach conclusion on the death of Dyatlov group in «The World of Criminology» №2/2017
The death of Dyatlov group is caused by avalanche, deterioration of the weather, the insufficient experience and preparation of the hikers for severe winter conditions. All speculations and theories arise from the amateurish investigation and lack of subjective data - this is conclusion of the veteran investigator. The death of Dyatlov group is caused by avalanche, deterioration of the weather, the insufficient experience and preparation of the hikers for severe winter conditions. All speculations and theories arise from the amateurish investigation and lack of subjective data - this is conclusion of the veteran investigator. All court refusals to reopen the case are based on this document.

From Russia with Doubt 06-11-2018 Latest development on the attempts to reopen Dyatlov Pass case. Who are Leonid Proshkin, Vladislav Tuykov, Kretov, Vladimir Solovyev, Evgeniy Okishev and Sergey Shkryabach.