Vasily Igorevich Yelagin

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Vasily Igorevich Yelagin (Russian: Василий Игоревич Елагин; born 22 February 1953[1]) is Russian mountaineer and explorer, head of the MLAE-2008, MLAE-2009, MLAE-2011, MLAE-2013, MLAE-2014, and MLAE-2015 expeditions.[1][2][3][4]

For his second Himalayas expedition (1989) he was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour.[2]

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