Rescuers of Karachaevo-Cherkessia evacuated from Elbrus the body of a woman who fell under a snow avalanche more than 30 years ago, the press-secretary of the republican department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations Bela Cherkesova told Interfax.. "The body of the woman was lowered from the slope of Mount Elbrus from a height of about 4 thousand. meters. Presumably dead in 1987 as part of the group fell under the avalanche.
Then the rescuers were looking for tourists, but they could not be found, "she said.. In the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the KCHR reported that the deceased was a native of the Leningrad region. "With the deceased was found a ticket for the flight Moscow - Mineralnye Vody, dated April 10, 1987. It is established that the woman disappeared as part of a tourist group of seven people. By now, only one of them has been found out of the whole group, "the representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.