Yuri
or Georgiy Krivonischenko (Юрий Кривонищенко) was born on February 7th, 1935. 24 years
old. Not married
Yuri was born in Zuhres, Ukraine and until
1941 he lived in Donetsk Region of Eastern Ukraine. However after
German invasion and breakout of the World War II his family was
forced to move to Saratov and then again in 1941 he was evacuated
beyond the Ural mountains along with the factory infrastructure.
He graduated from UPI University in 1959.
After graduation he
started working on Plant number 817 (the "Mayak") along with
Rustem Slobodin. While working in Chelyabinsk- 40 a secret nuclear
facility he experienced a disaster that became known as Kushtumkoy
Accident. On September 29, 1957 plutonium plant experienced
radioactive leak. Yuri Or George Krivonishenko was among the
people who was sent to clean it up. His body will wear clothes
that have traces of radioactivity that some trace to this
particular event. However being an engineer Yuri had more
knowledge about radioactivity than most people at the time and it
is highly unlikely that he kept any of the clothes that he was
wearing two years prior to the trip. Another possible source of
radioactivity might be contact of the spilled radioactive material
around the plant.
He was a close friend of Igor Dyatlov and
participated in all his camping trips. He is known under name Yuri
that are simply Russian variation of the name George or Georgiy
and should not be treated with suspicion.
Krivonishenko body
was found by Slobtsov on 26 February 1959 along with Yuri
Doroshenko under a cedar tree and about half kilometer from the
abandoned tent. He was stripped to his underwear by the remaining
members of the group. We make this conclusion, because his clothes
were found in the ravine by the bodies of the last four members.
Clothes were cut with a knife since his body was too stiff to
move. This fact is the reason for a "paradoxical undressing"
theory. In reality the remaining members of the Dyatlov Pass
simply tried to save themselves by all means possible.
His body
carried marks of burns. Presumable these burns were made by a fire
found under the cedar that apparently burned for an hour or hour
and a half. What forced the tourists to abandon the fire is hard
to explain. Theoretically they could have stayed by the fire until
the sunrise when they could easily make it back to the tent.
Official conclusion on cause of death is hypothermia (freezing)
and fatigue. He was buried in Yekaterinburg on the Ivanovo
cemetery in March 1959 along with Zolotarev who was buried here
two months later.