The Russian University Adviser dies inside the Soviet era statue

Nikolai Chisenocov, adviser to the State Academy for Physical Education in Moscow, died on Thursday at a memorial site for the Second World War in the Russian city of Volgoredrad, according to reports in local media. It was 68.

Chesinocov traveled to the city to attend a national sporting event linked to the school and participated in an unofficial visit inside a 279 -footed Soviet era, which stands over Mamayev Kurghan, the site of the Battle of Stalingrad. According to the local outlets, he collapsed while carrying out the interior design of the statue.

After declaring her death at the scene, the authorities launched a preliminary investigation, but it is not suspected of a unpleasant game. The cause of his death has not been revealed.

The local Baza channel, noting sources inside the enforcement of the Russian law, claimed that the visit inside the statue was not officially accredited. The internal structure is rarely accessed by the public and requires mobility in stairs and confined maintenance corridors. ARTNEWS This cannot be verified independently.

He stayed in 1967, Call the mother homeland The longest statue in Europe and a symbol of Soviet resistance remains during World War II. It commemorates the battle of Stalingrad, and it is one of the bloodiest events in the country’s history, where more than a million soldiers and civilians are estimated.

The site was a key player in Russia and a contract point before the national events. Some officials have called for Volgograd permanently restoring its name in wartime, Stalingrad, before the eighty anniversary of the victory day in June.

Chesinocopus, a well -known figure in the Russian sport world, has led the Moscow Academy since 2016.