August 26, 2018 12:51 PM

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Body of climber, who died 31 years ago, found on Russia's Mount Elbrus

<span style="color: #222222;">The body of a woman, who died 31 years ago while climbing Mount Elbrus in Russia's North Caucasus, has been found on the slopes of Europe's highest mountain. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The rescue service of Russia's Republic of Karachayevo-Cherkessia said the body was found by a group of tourists at the height of about 4,000 meters. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Republic's Interior Ministry said she was identified from a passport found on her as Yelena Konstantinovna Bazykina, born in 1951, a native of the city of Novaya Ladoga in the Leningrad Region. The woman also had a ticket for a flight from Moscow to Mineralnye Vody, dated 10th April 1987.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">A group of seven climbers was buried by an avalanche in the area in 1987 and the search at that time had produced no result.</span><br />

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