The tragedy occurred in the Yaroslavl region near the village of Dievo-Gorodishche – on March 20, five people fell under the ice of the Volga. According to the news of the Mash Telergam channel, the founder of the Cream Soda group, Dmitry Svirgunov, celebrated his birthday not far from his mother’s house.
The administration of the Nekrasovsky district reported that on the night of March 20, a company of ten people decided to go to the village of Chentsy on the ice of the Volga, but on the way back the ice could not stand it and five people fell. into the water 350 meters off the shore.
“The current is very fast right now – three people were dragged under the ice, two more managed to get out,” said local authorities.
76.ru, citing a law enforcement source, reported that Dmitry Svirgunov, the 35-year-old founder of the Cream Soda group, his 25-year-old brother Roman Svirgunov, as well as his friends Aristarkh Ukhtomsky, Georgy Kiselev and Valeria Derman fell. through ice.
“The girl escaped alone, a 27-year-old man died in an ambulance. Probably look for three other guys born in 1988, born in 1997, born in 1994. go ahead, ”the investigative department of the Yaroslavl region of the Investigative Committee of Russia reported.
Portal 76.ru explains that Valeria Derman managed to get out of the water and was taken to the hospital. Aristarchus of Ukhtomsky died despite attempts to revive him. Oleg Belovoshin, head of the Regional Center for Civil Defense and Emergencies, said that the man was already in critical condition when he was pulled out of the water. He noted that the young man “was brought back to life for two hours by rescuers.” Belovoshin also said that the prediction of searching for men who fell from the ice was unfavorable. They were declared missing.
“In the evening, the ice was normal and washed away, although not visually visible at night. Most likely, three people were dragged by the current. The current is very strong in that place, three times stronger than in other places,” Belovoshin said.
Official group Cream Soda has confirmed that the team’s founder fell from the ice.
“Last night we had a tragedy. Our Dima Nova was walking along the Volga with his friends and fell into the ice. Dima, his brother Roma and his friend Gosha Kiselev are still looking for the Ministry of Emergencies. Our friend Aristarchus … managed to get it, but was not saved, “he said.
After the incident, the UK regional directorate and the prosecutor’s office launched an investigation.
“Divers continue to work”
The late Aristarchus of Ukhtomsky was in the icy water for 20-25 minutes, until the divers caught him, said Newspaper.Ru Oleg Belovoshin.
“The rescued man died of hypothermia in the ambulance,” he said.
According to Belovoshin, there is a ban on access to ice in the area, but the company ignored the ban. He also said that the body of one of the missing had been found.
“Today, one of the three missing persons was found within 40 meters of the pit, the search for the two continues. We don’t know exactly who they are because we can’t see their portraits. Now that the current has decreased, the divers are still working. We will work as long as there is weather. The weather will end, we will go,” said the representative of the Ministry of Emergencies.
Founder of the group died
RIA Novosti, referring to the emergency services of the Yaroslavl region, reported that Dmitry Svirgunov died, his body was identified by his relatives. Telegram channel “112” writes that the body of the founder of Cream Soda was identified by a relative. The search continues for the bodies of 25-year-old brother Svirgunov and two more of his friends.
As one of Dmitry Svirgunov’s friends told Kommersant, at 2:53 he was online for the last time on his VKontakte page. There was a country house in Dievo-Gorodishche, where musicians bought and came to rest during the pandemic. The day before, friends posted on social networks a video from Dmitry’s birthday celebration.
Former soloist of the group Anna Romanovskaya told on her page on the social network how she learned about the death of Dmitry. She said she made a video on the night of March 19th.
“It was an underwater shoot. I had to drown, reach the bottom, drown several times and come out to drain the water from my lungs. This morning I found out that Dima, his brother Roma and other mutual friends drowned. They fell through the ice on the river. It’s where we write almost all of our songs. We walked that river together many times. My whole body is throbbing. I do not know what to say. How is it possible that we were drowning yesterday? I’m just pretending”, – the artist wrote.
Cream Soda is an electronic pop group formed in 2012 by Dmitry Svirgunov and Ilya Gadaev. In 2018, the group recorded the album “Beautiful” together with Ivan Dorn’s record label Masterskaya. At the same time, the group began to collaborate with Alexander Gudkov’s comic project “Cicken Curry” on the channel on which its clips were broadcast.
In July 2019, the musicians released the album Comet, and in 2020, together with the group Khleb, they recorded a cover version of the main hit of the group, the song I Cry for Techno. The single became a leader on all Russian digital platforms, and the clip was viewed more than 64 million times. In July 2020, Cream Soda released the mini album “Intergalaxy” and after that they only recorded singles.