# TASS 2020: Prosecutors say avalanche killed Dyatlov group in Urals in 1959

> TASS, 2020. 5 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The official 2020 finding, as announced; no written report has been published.

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# Prosecutors say avalanche killed Dyatlov group in Urals in 1959

TASS, 2020. _TASS_.

The state news agency's report of Andrei Kuryakov's 11 July 2020 press conference announcing the Prosecutor General's finding: an avalanche struck the tent, the group retreated to shelter, could not find the tent again in 16 m visibility, and froze.

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## What it's used for here

The official 2020 finding, as announced; no written report has been published.

## Cited by on this site 5 records

[The 2019–2020 prosecutorial review, with an on-site experiment, reached the same conclusion.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dyatlov-pass/evidence/EVD0D79DKVT0BSE/the-20192020-prosecutorial-review-with-an-on-site-experiment)

Evidence

EVD

[Andrei Kuryakov announces an avalanche as the cause of death](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dyatlov-pass/events/EVT0D79DGY23CM0/andrei-kuryakov-announces-an-avalanche-as-the-cause-of-death)

EVT

[Andrei Kuryakov](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dyatlov-pass/people/FIG0D79DDGP0Z4E/andrei-kuryakov)

FIG

[The Dyatlov Pass incident](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dyatlov-pass)

The mystery article

MYS

[Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dyatlov-pass/organisations/ORG0D79DE8400N8/prosecutor-generals-office-of-the-russian-federation)

ORG

## Cite it

```
TASS (2020). Prosecutors say avalanche killed Dyatlov group in Urals in 1959. TASS. https://tass.com/emergencies/1177345
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[Read it free at tass.com](https://tass.com/emergencies/1177345)

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