Ismoil Somoni Peak

Ismoil Somoni Peak
Peak of Communism
Ismoil Somoni Peak (then known as Communism Peak) taken in 1989.
Highest point
Elevation 7,495[1] m (24,590 ft) 
Ranked 50th
Prominence 3,402 m (11,161 ft) 
Ranked 54th
Isolation 279 kilometres (173 mi)
Listing Country high point
Ultra
Coordinates 38°56′36″N 72°00′58″E / 38.94333°N 72.01611°E / 38.94333; 72.01611Coordinates: 38°56′36″N 72°00′58″E / 38.94333°N 72.01611°E / 38.94333; 72.01611 
Geography
Ismoil Somoni Peak
Location in Tajikistan
Location Northwestern Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan
Parent range Pamirs
Climbing
First ascent 3 September 1933 by Yevgeniy Abalakov and Nikolay Gorbunov.
Easiest route rock/snow/ice climb
Junko Tabei climbing the peak in 1985

Ismoil Somoni Peak (Tajik: Қуллаи Исмоили Сомонӣ, Qulla-i Ismō‘il-i Sōmōnî/Qullaji Ismojili Somonī; Persian: قلّهٔ اسماعیل سامانی‎; Russian: Пик Исмои́ла Сомони́, tr. Pik Ismoíla Somoní) is the highest mountain in Tajikistan. It was within the territory of the former Russian Empire and the former Soviet Union before the area became independent as Tajikistan. The mountain is named after Ismail Samani, a ruler of the Samanid dynasty.

Name

When the existence of a peak in the Soviet Pamir Mountains higher than Lenin Peak was first established in 1928, the mountain was tentatively identified with Garmo Peak.[1] However, as the result of the work of further Soviet expeditions, it became clear by 1932 that they were not the same, and in 1933 the new peak, in the Academy of Sciences Range, was named Stalin Peak (Russian: Пик Ста́лина, tr. Pik Stálina), after Joseph Stalin. In 1962, as part of Khrushchev's nationwide de-Stalinization process, the name was changed to Communism Peak (Tajik: Пики Коммунизм, translit. Piki Komunizm Russian: Пик Коммуни́зма, tr. Pik Kommunízma), a name by which it is still commonly known. The name Communism Peak was officially dropped in 1998 in favour of the current name, commemorating the 9th century Samanid emir, Ismail Samani.

History

The first ascent was made 3 September 1933 by the Soviet mountaineer Yevgeniy Abalakov.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Scheffel, Richard L.; Wernet, Susan J., eds. (1980). Natural Wonders of the World. United States of America: Reader's Digest Association, Inc. p. 104. ISBN 0-89577-087-3.
  2. ↑ The Great Soviet Encyclopaedia. Communizma Peak. Also Pik Kommunzma at summitpost.org accessed 3Nov2016.
  • Media related to Ismail Samani Peak at Wikimedia Commons
  • "Pik Kommunizma". SummitPost.org.
  • "Pik Imeni Ismail Samani" Peakware.com
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