The landslide was triggered by the 1949 Khait earthquake and buried 33 villages and has by some estimates killed 28,000 people . News of the landslide was not publicly revealed by the government and details of the disaster were not revealed until after the fall of the Soviet Union . A marble statue of a woman with her head and hands lowered and an expression of grief was later erected at the site
1949 Khait earthquake
1949 Khait earthquake
Khait landslide