In February 1959, a group of nine experienced hikers in the Russian Ural Mountains died mysteriously on an elevation known as Dead Mountain. Eerie aspects of the incident have led to decades of speculation over what really happened.
DEAD MOUNTAIN is a gripping work of literary nonfiction that delves into the mystery of the Dyatlov Pass Incident through the hikers' own journals and photographs, government records, interviews, and the author's retracing of the hikers' fateful journey in the Russian winter. A fascinating portrait of young hikers in the Soviet era.
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Sources related to the book:
Article and Video by VOX - Two Theories for an Unsolved Soviet Mystery
Podcast by the Documentary Podcast - The Dyatlov Pass Mystery
Article by Communications Earth & Environment : Mechanisms of Slab Avalanche Release and Impact in the Dyatlov Pass Incident in 1959
Podcast by Generation Why - Dyatlov Pass Incident
TV series - available on Amazon or at the library
Podcast by Dark History Project - Dyatlov Pass Incident
Article by the New Yorker (paywall): Has an Old Soviet Mystery at Last Been Solved?
Tolstoy's famous short story "How Much Land Does A Man Need?" is about Russian expansion into the Urals and beyond
Victor Navalny's amazing documentary Putin's Palace
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