Section "Polytechnik" (The Polytechnic)
21 June 2026
Founded in 1969 by Anatoly Tustukbaev. At its peak, Polytechnik was the largest mountaineering club in the entire republic and organized expeditions to 7,000-meter peaks.
Founded: 1969
Founder: Anatoly Tustukbaev
Achievements
At its peak, "Polytechnik" was the largest mountaineering club in the entire republic. The club organized expeditions to 7,000-meter peaks (Peak Lenin, Peak Communism, Peak Korzhenevskaya) and many other summits.
Later fate
In 1976, a split occurred, and some climbers moved to the "SKIF" club (led by F. Popov).
In 1982, "Polytechnik" merged with "Selmashievets" (led by Valery Denisov).
In 1997, after a period of stagnation, Alexander Gubayev, together with F. Popov, revived the section under the new name "SKIF-Polytechnik".
Main cast
Evgeny Mukhortov, Mikhail Faida, Vladimir Komissarov, Sergey Mindrul, Lyubov Danichkina (Karnaukhova), Sergey Shulgin, S. Reshetnikov, Boris Kuzmenko, S. Orlov, Vitaly Kuropatkin, Valiya Galyamova, Tatyana Boyko, A. Alexandrov, Rashida Kuzmenko (Tustukbaeva), Nikolay Kotlyarovsky, Yuri Kudashkin, Fedor Popov, Valery Denisov, Alexey Kalashnikov, Nadezhda Bayova and many others.
