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Mountains WorldwidePeak
Communism ( 7495m )
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Mountains WorldwidePeak
Communism ( 7495m )
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 Peak Communism ( Pik Kommunizma, Ismoil Somoni Peak, Pik Imeni Ismail Samani ) At 7495 metres it is the highest mountain in Tajikistan and in the former Soviet Union. When the existence of a peak in the Soviet Pamir Mountains higher than Independence Peak was first established the new peak, was named Stalin Peak after Joseph Stalin. The name was changed to Communism Peak ( Pik Kommunizma ) and then to Ismoil Somoni Peak ( Pik Imeni Ismal Samani ) after Ismoil Somoni, the ancestor of the Samanid dynasty. It is one of the five Snow Leopard Peaks. |
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Peak
Communism ( Ismoil Somoni Peak ) 7495 metres in Tajikistan, Central Asia |
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Peak
Communism ascent route |
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 Location map for Peak Communism
( Pik Kommunizma, Ismoil Somoni Peak, Pik Imeni Ismail Samani ) Map of Tajikistan |
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the borders of the former Soviet Union ( USSR ) there are five
mountains over 7000
metres in
height - these
are all located
in Central Asia. For
climbing all five the title " Snow
Leopard " is gained - an
indication of being a top ranked climber. The completion of the Snow
Leopard peaks is a major objective for many
Russian mountaineers.
The five Snow
Leopard mountains are:-
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