![]() Obelisk at the site of the tragedy | |
Native name | Чивруайская трагедия |
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Date | 27–28 January 1973 |
Venue | Chivryay Pass |
Location | Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Coordinates | 67°45′05″N 34°41′06″E / 67.75139°N 34.68500°E |
Type | Multiple deaths |
Participants | Ski hikers from Kuibyshev Aviation Institute |
Deaths | 10 dead from hypothermia |
The Chivruay Pass incident ( Russian: Чивруайская трагедия, transl. Chivruay tragedy) is the death of ten ski hikers in the Lovozero Massif in the Soviet Union between 27 and 28 January 1973. The trekking group, who were all from the Kuibyshev Aviation Institute, had been hiking the slopes of Lovozero Massif in an area of Chivruay Pass.
After the group's bodies were discovered, an investigation by Soviet Union authorities determined that all ten had died from hypothermia.