Valery Nikolaevich Khrichtchatyi (Russian: Валерий Никола́евич Хрищатый; December 23, 1951 – August 4, 1993) was a Kazakh mountaineer.

He made more than forty ascents above 7,000 meters (23,000 feet), including a string of hard winter firsts in the Pamirs and Tien Shan.

[1] Valery Khrichtchatyi was killed in a massive ice fall/avalanche that struck off Chapaev Peak on Semenovskii glacier on August 4, 1993 while attempting to summit Khan-Tengri (7,010 m).

Khrichtchatyi’s long-time friend Ilia Iodes and two British climbers also met their deaths.

That same summer Khrichtchatyi was planning a solo speed climb of the north wall of Khan Tengri.