Ismoil Somoni Peak
Ismoil Somoni Peak (Tajik: Қуллаи Исмоили Сомонӣ) is the highest mountain in Tajikistan. The mountain is in the Pamir Mountains range and is 7,495 metres (24,590 ft) above sea level. It is the 50th highest mountain in the world and was formerly the Soviet Union's highest mountain. The first climb was made by Soviet mountaineer Yevgeniy Abalakov in 1933.[1]
Ismoil Somoni Peak was once called Stalin Peak, and after de-Stalinization, Communism Peak before being renamed in honour of Ismail Samani, a ruler of the Samanid dynasty.
Ismoil Somoni Peak Media
Junko Tabei on Communism Peak in 1985 together with two other Japanese and four Estonian mountaineers. Photo by Jaan Künnap.
References
- ↑ "Pik Kommunizma". Summit Post. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
Other websites
- Ismoil Somoni Peak Archived 2019-05-15 at the Wayback Machine at Peakware
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