Pavel Sergeyevich Snurnitsyn (occasionally spelled Snurnitsin; ) (January 10, 1992 – September 7, 2011) was a Russia

Russia

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n professional ice hockey

Ice hockey

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 player who played for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl

Lokomotiv Yaroslavl

Hockey Club Lokomotiv , also known as Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, is a Russian professional ice hockey team based in Yaroslavl. The name of the team is derived from its owner, Russian Railways, the national railroad operator....

 of the Kontinental Hockey League

Kontinental Hockey League

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. In August 2011, Snurnitsyn was among two players from Lokomotiv Yaroslavl selected to play for the Russian Under-20 youth national team of Russia. The team played in the U20 Four Nations Tournament on September 1–3 in Podolsk

Podolsk

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, Russia. Besides the Russians, Czech Republic, Sweden and Finland participated in the tournament. Snurnitsyn scored two of the goals to beat Finland 11:4.

Death

On September 7, 2011, Snurnitsyn was killed, when a Yakovlev Yak-42 passenger aircraft, carrying nearly his entire Lokomotiv team, crashed just outside Yaroslavl, Russia. The team was traveling to Minsk

Minsk

- Ecological situation :The ecological situation is monitored by Republican Center of Radioactive and Environmental Control .During 2003–2008 the overall weight of contaminants increased from 186,000 to 247,400 tons. The change of gas as industrial fuel to mazut for financial reasons has worsened...

 to play their opening game of the season, with its coaching staff and prospects. Lokomotiv officials said "'everyone from the main roster was on the plane plus four players from the youth team.'"

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