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Chapter 3. The Severnyi mine
ОглавлениеWhen I studied the Protocols of interrogation, I was unspeakably surprised by the fact, that the Head of the 8th Camp Department, Khakimov, provided a car for the hikers, going not to the 2nd Severnyi village, but to the Severnyi mine, i.e. somewhere behind the village of geologists another settlement was located, whereto the cars regularly drove.
The Protocol of interrogation of the witness Valeriy Mikhailovich Ufimtsev, April 13, 1959
«On February 16 comrade Blinov telephoned the Committee and asked whether there were any news of the group, and immediately a phone call to the Vizhai village was ordered and talks were held with the Camp Department officer, Khakimov, who said that they gave the Dyatlov group a ride to the Severnyi mine on December 27.»
A criminal case file, sheet 269
And immediately a fair question arises: «Why January 27 and not January 26?» Indeed, based on the diaries of Igor Dyatlov’s group, the hikers left the Vizhai village on January 26, 1959, i.e. a day earlier than Khakimov claimed. Really, comrade Khakimov, confused the dates and indicated the wrong day, and Ufimtsev, instead of the 2nd Severnyi village, by mistake, informed the prosecutor’s office of the Severnyi mine, which, perhaps, did not exist at all. But, nevertheless, if there is such an information, then it must have been verified. As the saying goes: «Trust but verify».
The diary of Lyuda Dubinina, January 26, 1959
«We go by car. We tried to sing, talked on abstract topics and in general nobody was warm. The surroundings were uninteresting at the beginning, a scorched forest. In general, we had to go to the 2nd Severnyi village, but it was getting dark, and we decided to stop at the 41st Kvartal at 16:30 p.m.»
It turns out that the hikers left too late and, therefore, they had to stay in the 41st Kvartal. But why did comrade Khakimov, instead of sending the car in the morning, taking into account a long distance, provide it much later? Why did the driver have to spend the night in the village, which belonged to another Department, i.e. to the Ivdel Energolesokombinat (Power Engineering Forest Integrated Plant), rather that the Ivdellag.
The diary of Yura Blinov
«We got to Ivdel in 3 hours. They were already waiting for us there. It was decided to immediately go to search. Four persons flew: a commander, a navigator, an engineer (procured a car for Dyatlov to take them from the Vizhai village to the 41st Kvartal, and then they drove the backpacks to the 2nd Severnyi village on a horse cart) and also me.»
It turns out that a certain engineer «procured a car for Dyatlov», i.e. he negotiated with Khakimov that he would provide a car for the hikers. And this is a very important piece of information, which could clarify the question of interest to us: «What was the reason that they left the Vizhai village so late?» And my searches have led to the desired result, I have managed to find this unknown engineer in the criminal case files.
The Protocol of interrogation of the witness Mikhail Timofeyevich Dryakhlykh, March 5, 1959
«On February 21, I was summoned to the CPSU City Committee by comrade I.S. Prodanov and told that a group of hikers is missing and it was necessary to search for them. On February 21, 1959, I, a student of the Polytechnic Institute (I do not know his name), the aircraft commander Spitsyn, and a navigator flew off on a „Yak“ airplane in the direction of the Vizhai village.»
A criminal case file, sheet 41
Yura Blinov was just that student, whose last name Dyakhlykh did not remember. And Deyakhlykh himself was just that engineer, who «procured a car for Dyatlov.» After I have found the engineer, it remained for me to clarify one important fact. To what extent were Dryakhlykh’s words about the car true?
The telegram of Rustem Slobodin, February 26, 1959
«Greetings to the native Sverdlovsk residents! Yesterday we safely reached the Vizhai village. Now we are driving to the starting point, the 2nd Severnyi village by a special car.»
The telegram contains a very interesting information, which has not been paid due attention to before. It turned out that the hikers were not driving in an ordinary car, but «in a special car.» But looking at the broken car body, a fair question arises: «How was it different from other cars of those years to be called a special car?» And the answer to this important question was given by Yura Yudin.
The diary of Yura Yudin, January 26, 1959
«In the truck in which we came,3 movies were brought: «My Apprenticeship» by Gorki, «There is such a guy» and «Symphony in gold».
Now everything fell into a groove. Indeed, the car was ordinary, but due to the fact that it belonged to a cinema operator, it was called a special car, since it carried the equipment for the demonstration of feature films to the personnel of the 8th Camp Department. Accordingly, the engineer Dryakhlykh, negotiated on the issue of a car not for the students, but for the needs of the Energolesokombinat, i.e. on the eve of the opening of the 21st Congress of the CPSU, he wanted to show the feature films to the lumberjacks. And the next day, January 27, the cinema operator with the hikers would have continued on to the 2nd Severnyi village. That was why, comrade Khakimov said that the Dyatlov group was taken by the car to the Severnyi village on January 27. But this information did not fully correspond to reality, since the car with the movie operator, indeed, continued its movement, but without the hikers. And why this happened, I will tell you, but not in this chapter, since now we are talking about something completely different, namely of the Severnyi mine.
One fact, moreover, a controversial one, cannot be a 100% guarantee that a certain settlement was actually located behind the 2nd Severnyi village. Therefore, we had to look for more compelling evidence of the existence of the Severnyi mine. And, strange as it might sound, such information was in the criminal case files, rather than somewhere in the secret archives.
The Protocol of interrogation of the witness Mikhail Timofeyevich Dryakhlykh, March 5, 1959
«On February 21, 1959, a student of the Polytechnic Institute, (I do not know his name), the aircraft commander Spitsyn and a navigator flew off on an „Yak“ airplane in the direction of the Vizhai village, thence up the Lozva river through the 41st Kvartal, the 2nd Severnyi village, the Severnyi mine to the mouth of the Auspiya river, up along the Auspiya river. Then returned back through the 2nd Severnyi village and the 41st Kvartal.»
A criminal case file, sheet 41
2-ой Северный рудник – The 2nd Severnyi mine. Северный рудник – The Severnyi mine.
Coming from the Protocol of interrogation of the witness Dryakhlykh, it turns out that the Severnyi mine was located between the 2nd Severnyi village and the mouth of the Auspiya river, but away from the Lozva river. The thing was that the plane flew in one direction over the road, and back over the Lozva river. That is why in one case the Severnyi mine is mentioned, and in the other case not. And it remains to find out where this unknown settlement was approximately located.
Radiogram No. 26. Received by Temnikov. To Sulman
«We are in 6—10 km from the mouth of the Auspiya river. In the village at the mouth of the Auspiya river the tracks of narrow sports skis were found. The ski trail was quite well-trodden, there were many people, 8—10 persons. The tracks are old. Nevolin.»
A criminal case file, sheet 143
Устье Ауспии – The mouth of the Auspiya river. Санно-оленья тропа – The deer-and-sledge trail. Северный рудник – The Severnyi mine.
Based on the radiogram, the village was located 6—10 km from the mouth of the Auspiya river. And although Nevolin did not indicate the name of the settlement, it was clearly referred to the Severnyi mine, since there were no other settlements in that area. Having compared all available facts, I began to search for the Severnyi mine. And I have found only one place in the maps, which fully corresponded to the available information. This is the height «297 (296.4)». It was located about 7 km from the mouth of the Auspiya river, if you move along the deer-and-sledge trail, which is indicated in the old maps. In addition, based on the modern satellite maps, an abandoned road from the 2nd Severnyi village to this height was visible.
