| Yevgeniy Mikhaylovich Abalakov | |
| Native Name: | Евгений Михайлович Абалаков |
| Native Name Lang: | ru |
| Birth Date: | February 17 [O.S. 4], 1907 |
| Birth Place: | Yeniseysk, Yeniseysk Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Death Date: | March 23, 1948 (aged 41) |
| Death Place: | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Burial Place: | Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow |
| Occupation: | Mountaineer, sculptor |
Yevgeniy Mikhaylovich Abalakov (ru|Евге́ний Миха́йлович Абала́ков; 23 March 1948[1]) was a Soviet mountaineer and sculptor.
Abalakov was born in Yeniseysk. He is noted for making the first ascent of the highest point of the Soviet Union – the 7,495-meter Stalin Peak (later renamed Communism Peak and eventually Ismoil Somoni Peak, its current name) on 3 September 1933 as a member of the 26th detachment of the Tajik-Pamir Sovnarkom expedition. At the beginning of the German-Soviet War, a theatre of World War II, Abalakov went to the front. Abalakov died on 23 March, 1948 in Moscow, in obscure circumstances, while preparing for the ascent to the Victory Peak.[2] His brother, Vitaly Abalakov, also a famous mountaineer, was credited with many climbing equipment innovations and inventions, including Abalakov thread (or V-thread).[3] [4] [5]
Abalakov was buried at Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow.