Who was a student who hanged himself on a worship cross in Belgorod On February 3, in Belgorod, the 18-year-old student of the local college Yegor Skutov committed suicide. He hanged himself on a worship cross on a hill from which the whole city is visible. Most of Skutov’s acquaintances say that they did not notice anything unusual in his behavior - but, according to the “cold”, the student was preparing for suicide for at least a week and talked about his plans to a friend.