Yuri Yudin (Юрий Юдин) was born in 1937 (June 19th). He was a 4th year student of UPI. Yuri left the expedition before the tragedy struck due to medical reasons. His back that was previously hurt during another hiking trail started to cause pain again. Yuri Yudin criticized the official criminal investigation until his death. He believed that Dyatlov Pass Incident was a murder that was carefully hidden by the officials, either because the murder was carried out by the Soviet special forces or because Soviet intelligence allowed Western spies to kill the group.
He passed away on April 27th, 2013. He was buried on May 4th at the Michailovskoe Cemetery along with his other seven friends.