WEBVTT 00:00:09.249 --> 00:00:13.777 On 27th of January 1959 a group of students and graduates 00:00:13.897 --> 00:00:18.142 from Ural Polytechnic Institute, lead by Igor Dyatlov 00:00:18.262 --> 00:00:22.532 headed out for a ski hike in the mountains to the north of the Sverdlovsk region. 00:00:22.652 --> 00:00:26.836 On February 12, the group does not arrive at the end of the point at the estimated time. 00:00:26.956 --> 00:00:30.784 On 26th of February, at the North-Eastern slope on a mountain Kholat Syakhl 00:00:30.904 --> 00:00:33.746 the first bodies were found. 00:00:33.873 --> 00:00:36.939 No one knows what happened. actually. 00:00:37.059 --> 00:00:39.897 No one, but me. 00:01:32.991 --> 00:01:37.802 DYATLOV'S PASS 00:01:39.059 --> 00:01:42.172 Comrade major, wake up! 00:01:45.838 --> 00:01:50.686 Wake up, comrade major. We're getting closer, we'll be landing soon. 00:02:09.313 --> 00:02:11.098 I wish you good health, Comrade Major. 00:02:11.218 --> 00:02:15.095 I'm Captain Okunev from the department. KGB in the Sverdlovsk region. 00:02:15.215 --> 00:02:18.871 You can call me Oleg. It's damn cold in here. 00:02:18.991 --> 00:02:23.081 Call me Sasha. I see, you're not dressed for this weather. 00:02:23.267 --> 00:02:25.641 Let's go! 00:03:28.645 --> 00:03:32.182 How many bodies did you find? - Four bodies and a tent. 00:03:32.337 --> 00:03:36.267 What about the others? I thought it was 9 people. - I don't know, comrade major. 00:03:36.387 --> 00:03:40.089 The radiogram arrived. As expected, I reported to Moscow. 00:03:40.209 --> 00:03:43.175 They sent you. 00:03:43.302 --> 00:03:47.677 Who is conducting the investigation? Vasily Tempalov, the Prosecutor. 00:03:48.735 --> 00:03:53.487 What kind of person is he? He's a good guy, he knows what he's doing. 00:03:53.607 --> 00:03:58.472 He fought in war, like us. Lieutenant of the Guard, he has medals. 00:03:58.803 --> 00:04:02.054 We're driving to him now. He's waiting for us. 00:04:02.391 --> 00:04:04.957 Very well. 00:04:41.196 --> 00:04:44.973 Good evening. - Can't shake hands over doorstep, come on in. 00:04:47.515 --> 00:04:49.240 Sasha. - Vasily. 00:04:49.371 --> 00:04:53.283 I need to get back now. I'll leave you to talk. 00:04:53.403 --> 00:04:56.292 Tomorrow morning, I'll be back and we'll go to altitude 1079. 00:04:56.412 --> 00:04:58.487 Alright. 00:05:00.267 --> 00:05:03.609 Come in, it's warmer there. 00:05:04.323 --> 00:05:06.513 Sit down. 00:05:12.824 --> 00:05:16.147 Excuse me, comrade major, I am... 00:05:16.664 --> 00:05:19.398 I am an outspoken person, and there is no ... - Oleg. 00:05:19.518 --> 00:05:22.333 What? - Call me Oleg, 00:05:22.453 --> 00:05:27.393 especially in front of outsiders. let them think i'm your assistant. 00:05:29.892 --> 00:05:32.360 Hi. - Hi. 00:05:35.469 --> 00:05:38.674 This is my wife, Nadezhda. - Nice to meet you. Oleg. Excuse us. 00:05:38.794 --> 00:05:41.865 Everything is fine, I understand. - Nadia, please! 00:05:41.985 --> 00:05:45.097 What? You couldn't treat our guest, while you wait. 00:05:45.273 --> 00:05:49.007 We have dried venison. Or do you prefer a drink, 00:05:49.127 --> 00:05:51.230 to get warm? - Nadia, please! 00:05:51.350 --> 00:05:53.878 The man came from Moscow. - It's all right. 00:05:53.998 --> 00:05:55.664 It's all right, Vasechka. 00:05:55.784 --> 00:05:58.142 Nadezhda... - Yakovlevna 00:05:58.262 --> 00:06:00.490 Nadezhda Yakovlevna, I'd actually appreciate it. I'm terribly cold. 00:06:00.610 --> 00:06:03.859 It was freezing in the helicopter. I'd like to get warm. 00:06:03.979 --> 00:06:07.326 You see? Here you go! 00:06:07.446 --> 00:06:09.616 What are you doing? - Come on! 00:06:09.814 --> 00:06:13.157 Now. Just a second. 00:06:16.358 --> 00:06:19.164 Sorry. - I'm so sorry. 00:06:23.335 --> 00:06:26.585 Vasily Ivanovich, look... sit down! 00:06:28.439 --> 00:06:32.163 I'll tell you something important. 00:06:32.673 --> 00:06:35.644 I don't exist for any of your documents, 00:06:35.764 --> 00:06:39.097 not for any protocol, not for anything. 00:06:39.217 --> 00:06:42.591 Introduce me to others, as you wish. 00:06:43.447 --> 00:06:46.297 I'm not here, but I'm in charge. 00:06:46.417 --> 00:06:50.696 And technically, you are. Until a new investigator is appointed. 00:06:50.816 --> 00:06:54.263 I thought you were being sent for surveillance. 00:07:14.158 --> 00:07:17.216 Is everything clear? - Yes, sir. 00:07:19.151 --> 00:07:22.107 Here you are. 00:07:38.876 --> 00:07:44.689 Sverdlovsk region. The altitude of 1079. 00:07:49.745 --> 00:07:53.111 Hey! Don't touch anything! The prosecutor is here. 00:07:54.009 --> 00:07:56.080 This is my assistant. 00:07:56.274 --> 00:07:59.470 And what's the difference? You've messed it all up anyway. 00:07:59.590 --> 00:08:04.443 You insult me, Vasily Ivanovich. we just looked to see if there were people there. 00:08:05.017 --> 00:08:08.350 Sharavin and I found a tent. 00:08:09.168 --> 00:08:12.240 With us was also forester, he is from the locals, Ivan Pashin. 00:08:12.360 --> 00:08:15.780 He gave us a ride. We thought they had fallen into a ravine. 00:08:15.900 --> 00:08:19.551 But from there I could see the tent through my binoculars. 00:08:19.856 --> 00:08:23.320 So it wasn't snowed in? - It was, but not completely. 00:08:23.440 --> 00:08:26.606 It's been here for a month, what you expect? It has been snowing. 00:08:26.726 --> 00:08:31.860 We decided to go up, but the forester, he didn't come with us, he wasn't feeling well. 00:08:32.167 --> 00:08:35.266 Why? - Vasily, we were also afraid. 00:08:35.386 --> 00:08:39.067 The tent fabric was torn, snow accumulated inside, skis stick out, 00:08:39.187 --> 00:08:41.978 at the entrance there is an icebreaker, not a living soul is visible. 00:08:42.098 --> 00:08:45.076 The fabric was cut from the inside. - That's how we found it. 00:08:45.196 --> 00:08:47.593 They left the tent, cutting it open from the inside. 00:08:47.713 --> 00:08:49.780 What do you mean inside? 00:08:50.576 --> 00:08:54.774 Show me the bodies. - Down there. 00:09:14.946 --> 00:09:19.723 Your assistant is very fast. - Tell me about it. 00:09:30.139 --> 00:09:34.101 Where are their outerwear? Borya, where are their clothes? 00:09:34.221 --> 00:09:37.281 I don't know, that's how we found them. - What do you mean? 00:09:37.401 --> 00:09:40.168 We found them as you see them. 00:09:40.288 --> 00:09:44.294 So they had escaped from the tent. and they ran 1.5 kilometers like this? 00:09:44.414 --> 00:09:46.557 Did you recognize anyone? 00:09:46.850 --> 00:09:49.762 Yuri Krivonischenko and Sasha Zolotarev. 00:09:49.882 --> 00:09:53.200 Zolotarev was an instructor. tourist base "Kaurov", 00:09:53.320 --> 00:09:56.615 Krivonischenko engineer at the plant, he worked in the "four-legged". 00:09:56.735 --> 00:09:59.620 In Chelyabinsk-40? 00:10:00.165 --> 00:10:02.165 Yes. 00:10:02.682 --> 00:10:06.544 There was a fire here. Did they burn their clothes? 00:10:06.664 --> 00:10:11.251 Maybe they tried to keep warm until the last moment? - Is there other reasonable explanation? 00:10:20.096 --> 00:10:24.083 Let's continue. Where's the other one? - A little lower. 00:11:02.312 --> 00:11:06.473 Igor Dyatlov, he is the leader of the group. 00:11:06.776 --> 00:11:10.423 Zhenya Maslennikov recognized him. 00:11:11.767 --> 00:11:14.905 Were you friends? - Not really. We had a story. 00:11:15.025 --> 00:11:19.684 I was on the routing committee. Igor and I discussed this trip. 00:11:20.217 --> 00:11:22.623 I knew the students, they were well prepared, experienced tourists. 00:11:22.743 --> 00:11:26.815 He was probably walking toward the tent. Over there, see? 00:11:27.057 --> 00:11:29.979 300-400 meters, where our boys are. 00:11:30.099 --> 00:11:32.758 Zina Kolmogorova is there. We didn't find any others, 00:11:32.878 --> 00:11:36.319 although we searched a large area. We are still gathering people. 00:11:36.439 --> 00:11:39.139 How was the body positioned? - What? 00:11:39.259 --> 00:11:43.880 Kolmogorov's body with its head to the west and its feet to the east? 00:11:44.481 --> 00:11:46.012 I can't say that. 00:11:46.132 --> 00:11:49.513 OK, her head towards the tent like the others? 00:11:49.633 --> 00:11:52.227 Yeah, yeah, I guess. 00:11:52.562 --> 00:11:54.822 Did you see the footprints? 00:11:54.942 --> 00:11:57.230 What footprints? 00:11:59.659 --> 00:12:03.025 Some went wearing valenki, others-barefoot. 00:12:03.171 --> 00:12:07.796 Interestingly, the tracks were left by 8 people, and there were 9 of them. 00:12:07.937 --> 00:12:12.384 So they cut the tent open from the inside. and ran away, wearing whatever they had on, 00:12:12.627 --> 00:12:17.761 leaving warm clothes, food and things in it. 00:12:18.023 --> 00:12:22.941 In such weather conditions, this leads to certain death. 00:12:24.701 --> 00:12:27.754 Why did they do it? 00:12:28.422 --> 00:12:33.999 Mansi call this mountain Kholat Syakhl. 00:12:34.388 --> 00:12:37.710 Mountain of the Dead. 00:13:22.904 --> 00:13:27.134 Students are children still. Parents shouldn't bury their children. 00:13:27.254 --> 00:13:30.292 We've been through enough of this during the war. 00:13:53.011 --> 00:13:56.971 April 20, 1945, province of Brandenburg, Germany. 00:13:57.091 --> 00:14:01.432 Damn how they hit, those 200 millimeter guns. 00:14:04.724 --> 00:14:09.187 Are they hitting Berlin? - No, not yet. 00:14:12.494 --> 00:14:17.040 Vitya, you are losing your mind because of this "Walther". Treating it as a woman, by God! 00:14:17.160 --> 00:14:19.467 You haven't stopped cleaning it. 00:14:19.637 --> 00:14:22.257 This is no ordinary "Walther", Oleg. 00:14:22.930 --> 00:14:25.476 I'll shoot Hitler with it. 00:14:25.596 --> 00:14:28.316 Oh, then it's alright. 00:14:31.130 --> 00:14:34.139 Quiet! Do you hear? 00:14:38.693 --> 00:14:42.056 Guys, look! the Germans are retreating. 00:14:42.391 --> 00:14:46.419 Where did they come from? They shouldn't be here. 00:14:59.561 --> 00:15:03.348 What's it? - It looks like a castle. 00:15:03.795 --> 00:15:07.110 Strange, it's not on the map. 00:15:09.496 --> 00:15:12.705 We have to report to headquarters. 00:15:19.385 --> 00:15:22.768 It's gonna take an hour to reach them. 00:15:24.451 --> 00:15:27.826 Let's see what's in there. 00:16:30.757 --> 00:16:33.609 I don't like this place. 00:16:33.971 --> 00:16:37.506 Brothers, I'll watch the entrance., I'm not going to go any further. 00:16:37.626 --> 00:16:39.832 Come on, Yegorich! There's no one here. 00:16:39.952 --> 00:16:43.125 You're a soldier. Supposed to go through fire and water. - Quiet! 00:16:43.357 --> 00:16:46.506 Sergeant major, cover the entrance! Two will stay here. 00:16:47.360 --> 00:16:51.116 Vitya, you're coming with me. 00:18:10.143 --> 00:18:13.083 Are there any Germans here? 00:18:18.574 --> 00:18:20.736 Hey! 00:18:21.655 --> 00:18:23.819 Stop! 00:18:57.539 --> 00:18:59.428 Hey! 00:19:10.047 --> 00:19:12.139 Where did she go? - Who? 00:19:12.343 --> 00:19:15.247 A girl was going this way. - There's no one here. 00:19:15.367 --> 00:19:18.063 How come no one? Where did she go? 00:19:29.677 --> 00:19:31.798 Come on! 00:19:54.624 --> 00:19:58.052 What is this all about? 00:20:16.182 --> 00:20:20.454 That girl over there. - What did they do to her? 00:20:26.328 --> 00:20:30.900 It can't be! I saw her in the hallway a minute ago. 00:20:31.238 --> 00:20:35.427 Oleg, what's wrong with you? She's been dead for a long time. 00:20:35.547 --> 00:20:39.556 This hair and this... 00:21:08.710 --> 00:21:14.156 Archive of the Prosecutor's Office, Sverdlovsk region 00:21:23.048 --> 00:21:27.032 Oleg Dmitrievich? - It's Me. 00:21:28.379 --> 00:21:33.058 I am an expert in forensic, Shumanova Ekaterina Andreyevna. 00:21:35.211 --> 00:21:40.389 Ekaterina Andreyevna, excuse me, I didn't understand right away. Come in. 00:21:49.430 --> 00:21:52.496 They brought me here straight from the plane. And I thought ... , 00:21:52.616 --> 00:21:57.440 That we're having an official meeting... It's just me here. I'm the only one in the library. 00:21:57.747 --> 00:21:59.972 You are welcome. 00:22:02.988 --> 00:22:07.223 So I understand that we have to drive now. To Avdella? 00:22:10.191 --> 00:22:12.901 Is everything ready there? - Yes. 00:22:13.856 --> 00:22:19.235 To be honest, I wasn't expecting you today. I thought you'd be here tomorrow, but ... 00:22:20.509 --> 00:22:24.763 Either way, sit down, we need to talk. 00:22:42.808 --> 00:22:46.181 Do you know what happened? 00:22:46.301 --> 00:22:49.732 A tourist group has disappeared. - Yes. 00:22:50.034 --> 00:22:54.175 Currently, only four have been found, all dead. 00:22:55.185 --> 00:23:00.190 And I need to find out one hundred percent. Exactly how they died. 00:23:02.162 --> 00:23:05.240 Can I ask you a question? - Of course. 00:23:05.481 --> 00:23:08.561 Who are you? 00:23:08.691 --> 00:23:12.863 I've never seen you in the Sverdlovsk prosecutor's office before. 00:23:25.720 --> 00:23:30.667 Last name, first name, father's name, date of birth, address and signature. 00:23:40.885 --> 00:23:43.203 A non-disclosure of information? - Yes. 00:23:43.323 --> 00:23:46.660 Are you serious? - If you want me to answer, then yes. 00:23:46.780 --> 00:23:51.764 If not, don't sign it, but then we will communicate in a different format. 00:24:12.715 --> 00:24:16.295 Now you're under oath, don't forget that. 00:24:20.565 --> 00:24:22.795 A KGB major? 00:24:23.492 --> 00:24:27.275 Do you think they were killed? - I don't know what to think. 00:24:27.395 --> 00:24:31.779 But I see signs of some strange confusion in our country. 00:24:32.071 --> 00:24:35.845 What? - This is Hamlet in Lozinsky's translation. 00:24:37.653 --> 00:24:42.116 I heard he already has a designated expert. - Yes. 00:24:42.245 --> 00:24:47.115 But you will conduct an autopsy, and Comrade Vozrozhdeni will sign it. 00:24:47.289 --> 00:24:49.594 Do we understand one another? 00:24:50.321 --> 00:24:52.375 Yes. 00:24:54.347 --> 00:24:56.664 Alright. 00:25:00.240 --> 00:25:04.682 The contents of the stomach one hundred cubic centimeters slimy mass, 00:25:04.802 --> 00:25:06.980 brown-red-like color. 00:25:07.147 --> 00:25:12.800 The mucosa has a purplish-red color, swollen, with well-defined folds. 00:25:12.920 --> 00:25:17.157 A large number of small hemorrhages can be seen on the surface of the folds, 00:25:17.277 --> 00:25:19.943 Vishnevsky's spots. 00:25:20.387 --> 00:25:23.368 How long after the last meal did they die? 00:25:23.488 --> 00:25:26.794 Can this be determined? - Yes, I would say 6-8 hours. 00:25:26.914 --> 00:25:31.166 Does this mean anything to you? - Dinner is usually eaten before bedtime. 00:25:31.692 --> 00:25:34.065 In the tent found leftovers from dinner. 00:25:34.185 --> 00:25:37.983 You think they weren't planning on leaving the tent? 00:25:38.103 --> 00:25:41.683 They were having dinner. and they just wanted to sleep? 00:25:42.151 --> 00:25:45.367 But someone or something ... - Go on, Katya. 00:25:48.303 --> 00:25:51.646 The bones and cartilage of the skeleton are intact to the touch. 00:25:51.766 --> 00:25:55.547 In the lower third of the right shin there is a wound the size of 00:25:55.673 --> 00:25:59.751 4 by 2 centimeters along the outer side surface 00:26:00.108 --> 00:26:02.765 of the lower third of the right forearm, 00:26:02.885 --> 00:26:07.173 along the surface of the wrist has abrasions, brown-red color. 00:26:28.480 --> 00:26:33.193 April 20, 1945, Province of Brandenburg, Germany. 00:26:33.524 --> 00:26:37.513 I told you, the Germans don't have brains. 00:26:38.405 --> 00:26:43.321 Wish that bastard had left schnapps, for the valiant Red Army. 00:26:43.520 --> 00:26:48.055 There are no documents, everything is taken out or destroyed. 00:26:48.727 --> 00:26:51.874 What is this place? Maybe it's a concentration camp? 00:26:51.994 --> 00:26:56.337 Who knows - we found a girl without eyes, tongue and heart. 00:26:56.483 --> 00:27:00.675 Here they were torturing people. More cruel than in a concentration camp. 00:27:01.383 --> 00:27:05.577 So what, motherfucker, you'll be done soon. 00:27:07.285 --> 00:27:10.950 Andryukha, do you want a picture for your castle? 00:27:11.355 --> 00:27:14.517 I've seen a concentration camp, and this is not one. 00:27:15.144 --> 00:27:20.310 No stoves, no shacks. The girl was wearing the number 31. 00:27:20.506 --> 00:27:23.551 Means there weren't many prisoners. 00:27:23.671 --> 00:27:27.137 No radio equipment, no layouts, no maps. 00:27:27.302 --> 00:27:29.981 No barracks. 00:27:30.361 --> 00:27:33.049 I don't understand what this place is. 00:27:33.169 --> 00:27:37.437 What the hell is this? I've never seen anything like it. 00:27:37.608 --> 00:27:40.556 Usually they hang their swasticas everywhere. 00:27:40.753 --> 00:27:45.981 Check the other rooms. I'll go through the drawers. 00:27:48.038 --> 00:27:50.103 Comrade captain! 00:27:50.223 --> 00:27:54.616 If you find schnapps, don't be greedy. 00:27:54.943 --> 00:27:57.489 Alright! 00:29:14.357 --> 00:29:17.079 What's wrong with you, Oleg? 00:29:17.698 --> 00:29:20.048 Oleg, why did you do this? 00:29:21.719 --> 00:29:25.683 I thought he was alive. 00:29:26.689 --> 00:29:28.836 What are you talking about? 00:29:29.684 --> 00:29:33.359 This guy had a hole in his head. Big as a fist. 00:29:35.083 --> 00:29:37.761 I don't know. 00:29:40.721 --> 00:29:44.087 Well. We haven't slept in a few days. 00:29:44.280 --> 00:29:47.475 We have to go back. 00:30:03.778 --> 00:30:07.247 Are you ill? Are you feeling sick? 00:30:07.858 --> 00:30:11.199 It's because of the formalin. It happens if a person is not used to it. 00:30:11.319 --> 00:30:14.011 No, no. Katya, it's all right. 00:30:14.131 --> 00:30:16.675 How much longer? - A little bit. 00:30:17.011 --> 00:30:22.360 I'm almost done. I'll switch to the next one soon. 00:30:22.480 --> 00:30:26.327 How are you? Are you ready? - Yes, of course. 00:30:26.447 --> 00:30:29.174 What does dry residue indicate? 00:30:29.355 --> 00:30:33.456 Frost. I've done an autopsy of frozen bodies several times. 00:30:33.576 --> 00:30:36.141 Are you sure? What about these wounds and abrasions? 00:30:36.261 --> 00:30:41.351 Nothing significant - there was ice, there were stones, fell, got up, crawled. 00:30:41.810 --> 00:30:45.599 No serious injuries. - Thank you, Katya. 00:30:50.129 --> 00:30:54.725 What do you think happened to them? 00:30:55.532 --> 00:30:57.738 I do not understand. 00:30:58.386 --> 00:31:00.914 I really don't understand. 00:31:07.805 --> 00:31:12.254 So listen up. You make a transcript of the report, you give it to the Vozrozhdeni. 00:31:12.374 --> 00:31:16.528 And he signs it as his own. - Have you found anything, comrade major?" 00:31:18.217 --> 00:31:22.849 Destroy the tape. My voice is on it here and there. 00:31:24.473 --> 00:31:27.355 His voice... here and there. 00:31:27.605 --> 00:31:30.188 I will destroy it. 00:32:02.784 --> 00:32:06.247 I haven't slept all day, and don't feel sleepy at all. 00:32:06.367 --> 00:32:09.283 Yeah, no sleep here. 00:32:10.581 --> 00:32:13.718 Where are we going? - To the airport. 00:32:13.955 --> 00:32:19.086 You must return home., to Sverdlovsk. 00:32:19.573 --> 00:32:23.739 I just didn't think there would be a special flight. 00:32:24.311 --> 00:32:26.878 It's for me. 00:32:34.026 --> 00:32:38.025 You will not remain in Avdella, to continue the investigation? 00:32:38.145 --> 00:32:42.567 I'll stay, of course, but I have to go to the district attorney's office. 00:32:43.086 --> 00:32:47.404 They've hired a new investigator. I have to give him a job recommendation. 00:32:47.760 --> 00:32:51.456 Just need to talk to him. - Who is he, if it's not a secret? 00:32:56.900 --> 00:33:01.635 Lev Ivanov. do you know him? - Yes, I've worked with him several times. 00:33:01.839 --> 00:33:05.353 He's the same age as Tempalov, he knows his work, serious. 00:33:07.327 --> 00:33:09.493 Smart. 00:33:10.978 --> 00:33:13.991 This is useful in our work. 00:33:15.408 --> 00:33:19.314 Oleg, you... - He likes the ladies. 00:33:19.434 --> 00:33:21.897 What? - I'm talking about Ivanov. 00:33:22.017 --> 00:33:24.619 Has his way with women. 00:33:24.826 --> 00:33:26.526 Haven't you noticed? - No. 00:33:26.646 --> 00:33:30.558 What and you've never heard of a wife of Chairman of State Farms either? 00:33:30.693 --> 00:33:33.467 The one with one leg. - Sasha! 00:33:33.808 --> 00:33:36.586 Drive the car. 00:33:37.380 --> 00:33:41.728 You showed interest, Comrade major, and so I... 00:33:52.409 --> 00:33:55.102 Katya, you wanted to ask me Something. 00:33:55.222 --> 00:33:58.792 No, nothing special. Later. 00:34:08.103 --> 00:34:10.274 When should I expect you? - In a couple of days. 00:34:10.394 --> 00:34:13.583 Keep me posted on everything. Wire it to the office 00:34:13.703 --> 00:34:16.660 they'll find me. - Yes, sir. 00:34:21.273 --> 00:34:23.691 Oleg, back there I wanted to tell you. 00:34:23.811 --> 00:34:27.228 While you are in Sverdlovsk, come visit me. 00:34:27.558 --> 00:34:31.886 I'll introduce you to the family. we'll have lunch or dinner. 00:34:32.150 --> 00:34:34.761 I'm probably a pretty good cook. 00:34:35.705 --> 00:34:40.824 I'm sorry, I think I said something wrong. I didn't want to... 00:34:42.836 --> 00:34:45.521 Of course, I will come, Katya., with pleasure. 00:34:45.641 --> 00:34:48.566 Dinners in the officers' mess are sad. 00:34:48.686 --> 00:34:51.022 I'll write you the address. 00:34:51.361 --> 00:34:53.907 Have you forgotten where I work? 00:34:55.188 --> 00:34:57.909 Actually a car is waiting for us in Sverdlovsk. 00:34:58.029 --> 00:35:01.437 We'll take you home first. I'll remember the address. 00:35:40.848 --> 00:35:44.879 Sverdlovsk 00:35:54.334 --> 00:35:57.166 Wait in the car. 00:36:13.147 --> 00:36:15.302 Ekaterina! 00:36:15.657 --> 00:36:18.052 I'm sorry, I just ... 00:36:18.334 --> 00:36:21.970 ... I collapsed. This is normal, you deserve a break. 00:36:22.876 --> 00:36:26.790 Are we in the right place? Is this your house? - Yes, this is my entrance. 00:36:26.968 --> 00:36:29.036 Apartment 16. 00:36:29.389 --> 00:36:32.652 Clear. - When should I expect you? 00:36:33.026 --> 00:36:37.509 I'll talk to Ivanov and get some sleep. Today, if you don't mind. 00:36:37.855 --> 00:36:42.089 I'll walk with you. - I welcome the idea. 00:36:42.485 --> 00:36:46.119 My son will be thrilled. 00:36:47.046 --> 00:36:52.674 He loves the military, the police. 00:36:53.128 --> 00:36:55.940 You... - And I am both. How old is he? 00:36:57.524 --> 00:36:59.649 15. 00:37:00.260 --> 00:37:03.079 Madman, he just won't stay still. 00:37:03.199 --> 00:37:08.256 But he's a good boy, haven't gotten in trouble. 00:37:10.396 --> 00:37:15.311 Or maybe he's just lucky. - Katya, nothing can cancel luck, but... 00:37:15.848 --> 00:37:20.487 Any little thing can turn your life upside down. 00:37:21.571 --> 00:37:24.851 Yes, you are right, Oleg. 00:37:25.261 --> 00:37:30.464 For instance - the tenth person did not go with the Dyatlov group and stayed alive. 00:37:31.956 --> 00:37:35.456 What? - What tenth? 00:37:36.866 --> 00:37:41.026 There were a 10 of them, not 9. I don't remember the name of the tenth. 00:37:41.187 --> 00:37:44.544 He stayed back at the last point before they went to the pass. 00:37:44.664 --> 00:37:47.035 He got sick. 00:37:47.385 --> 00:37:51.013 You didn't know? - I didn't get his file. 00:37:54.612 --> 00:37:57.536 You must have been given only the files of the missing persons. 00:37:57.656 --> 00:38:00.708 And he is all right. 00:38:00.875 --> 00:38:03.856 Why didn't anyone tell me? 00:38:04.039 --> 00:38:07.247 How can this be? Who works like this? 00:38:08.003 --> 00:38:12.363 The locals were aware, you came late. 00:38:12.483 --> 00:38:16.242 I guess no one thought it to be significant. - Where is he now? 00:38:16.715 --> 00:38:20.937 Actually, I'm sorry, Katya. It's not your fault. 00:38:23.634 --> 00:38:26.240 I have to go. Sorry. 00:38:28.979 --> 00:38:31.914 We'll reschedule dinner for tomorrow. 00:39:06.156 --> 00:39:10.159 Prosecutor's Office of the Sverdlovsk region 00:39:35.767 --> 00:39:37.819 Yes. - Major Kostin is here. 00:39:37.939 --> 00:39:41.295 Let him thtough. - Go on in. 00:39:57.478 --> 00:40:00.150 Comrade major? - That's right! 00:40:00.474 --> 00:40:03.182 I came to see Ivanov. - He won't run away from you. 00:40:03.302 --> 00:40:07.386 It won't take long. come with me. 00:40:09.448 --> 00:40:12.951 My name is Andrey Pavlovich Kirilenko. - Yes. 00:40:13.115 --> 00:40:16.452 You are the first secretary of Sverdlovsk Regional Party Committee. 00:40:16.572 --> 00:40:19.531 You know everything, buy you're not even from here. 00:40:19.689 --> 00:40:23.268 That's just my job. To what do I owe this honor? 00:40:24.140 --> 00:40:29.320 I learned that a man had been sent from Moscow to conduct an investigation. 00:40:29.466 --> 00:40:31.873 This is a high-profile case. 00:40:31.993 --> 00:40:36.013 So I decided to meet you, so to say - to be in the network. 00:40:36.158 --> 00:40:38.498 Lev Ivanov is leading the investigation. 00:40:38.618 --> 00:40:42.263 I'm just an adviser on some matters. 00:40:43.155 --> 00:40:45.502 And in which matters? 00:40:45.960 --> 00:40:49.531 With all due respect, Andrey Pavlovich. 00:40:50.123 --> 00:40:52.521 That doesn't sound like respect. 00:40:52.641 --> 00:40:55.031 I can give you the number. to my boss in Lubyanka. 00:40:55.151 --> 00:40:59.175 You can call him. and ask him your questions in person. 00:41:00.185 --> 00:41:04.496 Too bad, major. You're not a local. 00:41:05.000 --> 00:41:08.440 You'll need support, help. 00:41:08.729 --> 00:41:13.438 I believe that every Soviet person should help the authorities. 00:41:13.629 --> 00:41:17.861 Especially in an investigation of a crime, isn't is so? 00:41:18.837 --> 00:41:22.236 Did you learn it from the textbook? 00:41:24.250 --> 00:41:28.225 Alright! Let's do this. 00:41:29.324 --> 00:41:33.618 We just had a bad start. 00:41:34.738 --> 00:41:39.145 We must have misunderstood each other. 00:41:40.437 --> 00:41:43.621 I really want to help. 00:41:47.204 --> 00:41:51.587 What are you so afraid of, Andrey Pavlovich? 00:41:52.904 --> 00:41:55.204 Me? - Yes. 00:41:57.337 --> 00:42:00.322 I'm not afraid of anything. 00:42:03.713 --> 00:42:07.063 How dare you speak to me like that?! 00:42:07.638 --> 00:42:12.392 I went through the whole war. - So have every other person over 30 years old. 00:42:12.512 --> 00:42:15.883 We've all been through this. 00:42:16.003 --> 00:42:18.140 What? 00:42:18.260 --> 00:42:23.657 Do you understand who are you talking to? 00:42:24.133 --> 00:42:27.192 Yes. And you? 00:42:32.689 --> 00:42:37.348 Last name, first name, father's name? - Yudin Yuri Yefimovich. 00:42:38.635 --> 00:42:40.879 Year and place of birth? 00:42:41.128 --> 00:42:45.859 In 1937, the village Tabari, Sverdlovsk region. 00:42:46.468 --> 00:42:49.136 Nationality? 00:42:49.592 --> 00:42:52.305 Russian. - Party affiliation? 00:42:53.521 --> 00:42:56.363 Member of the Komsomol. 00:42:58.681 --> 00:43:02.149 For what reason could you not continue the hike? 00:43:06.926 --> 00:43:10.533 My leg started hurting. - Is that all? 00:43:11.132 --> 00:43:16.540 How could I go on? There were dozens of kilometers on skis. 00:43:16.883 --> 00:43:22.174 We came north and spent the night in an abandoned hut. 00:43:22.679 --> 00:43:29.015 In the morning, I woke up and realized that I couldn't continue. 00:43:32.828 --> 00:43:35.965 But... the guys went on. 00:43:59.760 --> 00:44:02.021 Yura... 00:44:02.800 --> 00:44:07.125 Please tell me why you turned back? 00:44:07.475 --> 00:44:11.073 I just told you. - Say it again. 00:44:15.279 --> 00:44:19.408 I had pain in my leg. - What's wrong with it? 00:44:23.351 --> 00:44:27.024 It started to hurt. - I've already heard that. 00:44:27.756 --> 00:44:32.714 What exactly did he have? A chronic illness, an old injury? 00:44:36.214 --> 00:44:39.600 I must've frozen it. 00:44:39.942 --> 00:44:45.638 It was freezing. I may have sprained a tendon. 00:44:45.758 --> 00:44:49.409 Yura, look into my eyes! 00:44:49.709 --> 00:44:52.323 Look me in the eye! 00:44:53.855 --> 00:44:58.250 Why did you deviate from the route? Look me in the eye! 00:45:01.298 --> 00:45:03.541 I knew. 00:45:05.804 --> 00:45:09.455 I knew everyone would die. 00:45:11.133 --> 00:45:14.196 I felt... 00:45:16.001 --> 00:45:19.331 ... something bad. 00:45:21.249 --> 00:45:25.566 You don't have to believe, but all the time while we were walking, 00:45:25.686 --> 00:45:30.173 it was as if something was floating around. 00:45:31.128 --> 00:45:33.318 Some kind... 00:45:34.189 --> 00:45:36.231 ... evil. I don't know. 00:45:36.411 --> 00:45:40.077 Death... I don't know what it was, but this... 00:45:40.197 --> 00:45:43.915 Did you tell anyone? - About what? 00:45:45.105 --> 00:45:49.009 I can whispered it to Gusiev when we were eye to eye. 00:45:49.193 --> 00:45:51.332 He... 00:45:54.895 --> 00:45:58.082 He just laughed. 00:45:59.125 --> 00:46:02.814 He said I was instilling anti-Sovietism. 00:46:03.412 --> 00:46:05.472 And me... 00:46:05.905 --> 00:46:09.405 I was just scared. 00:46:09.755 --> 00:46:13.333 I lied to everyone about my leg. 00:46:13.729 --> 00:46:15.835 Understood. 00:46:17.326 --> 00:46:20.730 I couldn't do anything else. 00:46:22.499 --> 00:46:27.406 I don't know what it was. I don't know what happened to them. 00:46:27.546 --> 00:46:33.487 I really don't know. But "it" was there. 00:46:33.607 --> 00:46:37.329 Yura, what is "it"? 00:46:39.731 --> 00:46:43.884 I swear, I don't know what it was. 00:46:44.004 --> 00:46:48.844 It was as if the forest was alive. 00:46:49.173 --> 00:46:51.515 I don't know, maybe... 00:46:51.695 --> 00:46:54.060 In my family... 00:46:54.180 --> 00:46:58.822 My grandmother was a village healer. Maybe that's why I felt it. 00:46:58.942 --> 00:47:02.234 It's true, I swear. I don't know. - That's it. 00:47:03.023 --> 00:47:05.328 Calm down. 00:47:08.352 --> 00:47:11.231 I see you're telling the truth. 00:47:12.745 --> 00:47:15.110 I believe you. 00:47:18.149 --> 00:47:20.205 Really? 00:47:20.325 --> 00:47:23.840 You believe that... 00:47:25.657 --> 00:47:28.815 ... Something killed them, didn't it? 00:47:39.456 --> 00:47:41.599 No. 00:47:43.741 --> 00:47:47.516 I believe that you believe that. 00:47:53.117 --> 00:47:58.933 The North-Eastern slope on a mountain Kholat Syakhl 00:48:12.453 --> 00:48:15.239 There's something here. 00:48:29.326 --> 00:48:31.511 Oleg! 00:48:33.866 --> 00:48:36.881 Have a seat, everything is ready. 00:48:53.818 --> 00:48:58.004 Kolya, why are you silent? You wanted so bad for Oleg Dmitrievich to visit us. 00:48:58.124 --> 00:49:00.798 And you're sitting there like a tree stump. 00:49:02.400 --> 00:49:05.456 Oleg Dmitrievich, have you killed many Germans? 00:49:05.576 --> 00:49:07.637 Kolya! 00:49:08.329 --> 00:49:10.950 Nothing, nothing. 00:49:11.082 --> 00:49:14.583 What a feisty boy you are. 00:49:16.675 --> 00:49:19.376 I'll tell you something, Kolya. 00:49:19.679 --> 00:49:24.045 a man can be proud of having fought. This is even necessary. 00:49:24.165 --> 00:49:28.744 But he shouldn't brag about killing. - Why not? They're Germans, aren't they? 00:49:28.864 --> 00:49:34.057 They are Germans, but they are also human. And not all of them are bad. 00:49:34.344 --> 00:49:39.001 How come not all? All of them are! They started the war first. 00:49:39.121 --> 00:49:42.454 Dad fought with them. they killed him. - Eat your soup! 00:49:42.711 --> 00:49:45.543 Eat, I tell you! 00:49:53.661 --> 00:49:59.064 My son would be a little older than you now. 00:49:59.457 --> 00:50:01.819 Where is he? - Kolya, don't! Please forgive him. 00:50:01.939 --> 00:50:04.565 It's all right. 00:50:05.205 --> 00:50:08.870 An aerial bomb. My wife went shopping. 00:50:09.856 --> 00:50:12.869 She had no one to leave him with and she took him with her. 00:50:12.989 --> 00:50:16.718 There was an air attack, both died. 00:50:17.052 --> 00:50:20.716 And you don't want to kill them all? 00:50:21.464 --> 00:50:23.688 I wanted to. 00:50:23.808 --> 00:50:26.677 I really wanted to. Then. 00:50:27.679 --> 00:50:29.845 And I did everything for it. 00:50:30.066 --> 00:50:34.092 But while we were here on Soviet soil, I had no doubts. 00:50:34.212 --> 00:50:36.819 Then we entered Germany. 00:50:39.018 --> 00:50:41.683 Do you know what we saw there? 00:50:42.000 --> 00:50:45.488 Thousands, millions of people, not military. 00:50:45.608 --> 00:50:48.288 People just like us, they did not want to fight. 00:50:49.271 --> 00:50:52.976 They also cried when their loved ones died. 00:50:53.167 --> 00:50:56.518 But screams, crying, tears. 00:50:56.657 --> 00:51:00.843 It doesn't need translation, it sounds the same in all languages. 00:51:01.122 --> 00:51:05.411 Oleg, we needed to win the war. 00:51:05.595 --> 00:51:10.148 If war breaks out, you must stop by any means necessary, 00:51:10.624 --> 00:51:13.882 in this case, with a complete devastation. Yes! 00:51:17.472 --> 00:51:20.572 However, the more I saw, Kolya, 00:51:20.721 --> 00:51:24.296 the less I understood. - What did't you understand? 00:51:27.669 --> 00:51:30.130 You know what?... 00:51:30.823 --> 00:51:34.022 When we entered one of the first cities, 00:51:34.142 --> 00:51:38.070 I don't remember his name. I think it was Hoplin. 00:51:39.411 --> 00:51:41.581 We're coming in. 00:51:42.676 --> 00:51:45.391 and there were houses. 00:51:47.405 --> 00:51:52.037 such beautiful and solid houses! 00:51:52.157 --> 00:51:56.013 All on two or three floors, for each family. 00:51:56.480 --> 00:52:01.296 Stone, brick, their roofs with red tiles. 00:52:03.492 --> 00:52:06.306 We're walking, and I swear, we did't understand anything anymore. 00:52:06.864 --> 00:52:09.136 My soldiers have seen these houses, 00:52:09.256 --> 00:52:12.405 remembered their villages with broken houses. 00:52:13.141 --> 00:52:17.620 and they say:"What do they need? They have everything!" 00:52:17.830 --> 00:52:21.256 Why did they come to us? What were they missing? 00:52:25.530 --> 00:52:29.645 Flamethrowers rushed to set fire to these houses. 00:52:30.435 --> 00:52:32.813 Just out of spite. 00:52:32.996 --> 00:52:36.385 One threw a grenade, the other another. 00:52:36.848 --> 00:52:40.360 But myself as well. I didn't stop them. 00:52:40.929 --> 00:52:42.722 No. 00:52:42.842 --> 00:52:46.181 It didn't make any sense. 00:52:46.948 --> 00:52:49.571 And I didn't stop them. 00:52:52.254 --> 00:52:54.534 Like this. 00:52:55.954 --> 00:52:58.143 Yes. 00:53:08.969 --> 00:53:11.903 It was delicious. Thank you. 00:53:12.508 --> 00:53:15.145 Don't! It was modest. 00:53:15.929 --> 00:53:18.676 Probably in Moscow... - Nothing special. 00:53:19.023 --> 00:53:22.575 In moscow, I only eat well at my mother's. She bakes pastry with cottage cheese. 00:53:22.695 --> 00:53:25.679 I've never tried anything like them. 00:53:27.500 --> 00:53:31.196 Well, yes, mothers are like that. 00:53:34.315 --> 00:53:36.646 This is no ordinary "Walther", Oleg. 00:53:36.766 --> 00:53:42.272 I'll shoot Hitler with it. - Yes, all right then. 00:53:50.452 --> 00:53:53.977 My Vitya's mother comes often. 00:53:54.097 --> 00:53:58.516 I thought she was coming by today, I would've introduced you. 00:54:05.205 --> 00:54:08.431 He loved you very much. 00:54:13.232 --> 00:54:15.565 I'm sure. 00:54:22.231 --> 00:54:25.563 Forgive me. Let's not put salt in the wounds. 00:54:26.147 --> 00:54:28.476 It's over. 00:54:29.189 --> 00:54:35.771 But we will always remember our loved ones And we will try to make sure that this does not happen again. 00:54:36.098 --> 00:54:38.254 Yes. 00:54:38.903 --> 00:54:41.103 Of course. 00:54:53.292 --> 00:54:55.535 Katyaya... 00:54:55.818 --> 00:55:01.812 I have something to tell you. - Mom, can I go out? 00:55:02.669 --> 00:55:05.402 Look what I brought you. 00:55:08.225 --> 00:55:11.723 What are you doing? - Calm Down! I'm not totally out of it. 00:55:11.843 --> 00:55:14.581 It's a Walther, a trophy weapon. 00:55:14.717 --> 00:55:18.367 The pin is filed off, the barrel was welded shut. Just for clicking. 00:55:18.519 --> 00:55:20.735 Here you are. 00:55:22.075 --> 00:55:25.463 Mom, can I keep it? Please! 00:55:25.830 --> 00:55:29.380 What do you say? - Thank you, Oleg Dmitrievich. 00:55:36.560 --> 00:55:39.935 However, it wouldn't be out of place to ask me first. 00:55:40.228 --> 00:55:42.949 Katya, boys will always play with guns 00:55:43.086 --> 00:55:46.986 and it won't make them worse, believe me. 00:55:47.639 --> 00:55:51.067 Who could this be? - Probably my driver. 00:55:51.188 --> 00:55:53.548 Yes, of course. 00:56:01.204 --> 00:56:05.603 Hi. I'm Igor Dyatlov. Can I come in?