Three Russians were killed on the way to Lenin peak

In southern Kyrgyzstan killed 3 Russian climber. The accident happened during lifting athletes on 1 of the highest peaks of the world - Lenin peak.

The General staff of the Armed forces of Kyrgyzstan said that in the South in the mountains was a tragedy. During the ascent on 1 of the highest peaks of the world - Lenin peak - died 3 domestic climber.

"Helicopters air defense forces of the Armed forces of the Kyrgyz Republic conducted sorties in Batken oblast for the purpose of evacuation of the bodies of 3 dead climbers of the Russian Federation in the Lenin peak area, and a Polish mountaineer, who died in Kadamjai district, Batken region", - quotes the General staff RIA Novosti. Office on a permanent basis, assisting the rescue services of the Ministry of emergencies of the Republic during the rescue and evacuation of injured or killed people.

The Russian Embassy in Bishkek has not yet any information about the deaths of climbers, informs TASS. The names of the dead athletes, as well as the circumstances of their death are not yet known.

The adepts of the military Department of Kyrgyzstan stressed that accidents in the conquest of Lenin peak frequent. "Only this year the aviation of the air defense forces of the Republic has completed more than 10 missions, - told in the General staff. - In consequence of 26 people were saved, delivered in settlements 8 dead body". It noted the high professionalism of the Kyrgyz pilots: usually rescue operations are in remote mountainous terrain and difficult weather conditions.

Lenin peak - 1 from the peaks in the mountain system of the Pamirs on the border of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. His height - 7,13 m above sea level. 1st climb to the top happened in 1928. In the entire history of the conquest of the peak happened here are some of the major tragedies. In 1990, a huge avalanche caught the intermediate camp on the way to the summit at an altitude of 5,300 meters, burying 45 climbers from different States.

In recent times, July 29, 2015, in the mountains died native Poland - 36-year-old Mikolaj Lanetskiy. It happened at the crossing of a group of athletes through a mountain river isparam in an inaccessible area of Kadamjay region of Kyrgyzstan. A few days rescuers together with the border guards performed the most complicated operation to retrieve the bodies from a turbulent mountain stream.

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