Lenin Peak was named after what from 1871 to 1928?
Lenin Peak Lenin Peak ( , Lenin Çoqusu , لەنىن چوقۇسۇ ; , Pik Lenina ; , qulla‘i Lenin/qullaji Lenin , renamed қуллаи Абӯалӣ ибни Сино ( qulla‘i Abûalî ibni Sino ) in July 2006 ) , or Ibn Sina ( Avicenna ) Peak , rises to 7,134 metres ( 23,406 ft ) in Gorno-Badakhshan ( GBAO ) on the border of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan , and is the second-highest point of both countries . It is considered one of the less technical 7000 m peaks in the world to climb and it has by far the most ascents of any 7000 m or higher peak on Earth , with every year seeing hundreds of mountaineers make their way to the summit . Lenin Peak is the highest mountain in the Trans-Alay Range of Central Asia , and in the Pamir Mountains in Tajikistan it is exceeded only by Ismoil Somoni Peak ( 7,495 m ) . It was thought to be the highest point in the Pamirs in Tajikistan until 1933 , when Ismoil Somoni Peak ( known as Stalin Peak at the time ) was climbed and found to be more than 300 metres higher . Two mountains in the Pamirs in China , Kongur Tagh ( 7,649 m ) and Muztagh Ata ( 7,546 m ) , are higher than the Tajik summits . Names . The peak was discovered in 1871 and originally named Mount Kaufmann after Konstantin Kaufman , the first Governor-General of Turkestan . In 1928 , the mountain was renamed Lenin Peak after the Russian revolutionary and first leader of the Soviet Union , Vladimir Lenin . In Tajikistan , the peak was renamed again in July 2006 , and today it is officially called in Tajik Qullai Abuali ibni Sino ( қуллаи Абӯалӣ ибни Сино , Ibn Sina Peak or , alternatively , Avicenna Peak ) after Abu Ali ibn Sina ( Avicenna ) . In Kyrgyzstan , the peak is still officially called Lenin Chokusu ( Ленин Чокусу , Lenin Peak ) . However , in October 2017 , Kyrgyz president Almazbek Atambayev called for renaming the peak Manas Peak , after the hero of the Epic of Manas . A peak named Manas Peak already exists in Kyrgyzstan ; it is a mountain of in the Talas Alatau range in Talas Region . Local Kyrgyz names include Jel-Aidar ( Winds God ) and Achyk-Tash ( Open Rock ) . Achik-Tash , is also the name of a plateau and a base camp at an elevation of 3,600 m on a popular northern climbing route to Lenin Peak , which starts in the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh , a days drive north of the border . Another suggested local name , Pik Kaman ( wild pig , boar ) probably belongs to an officially unnamed peak west of Lenin Peak . Climbing history and routes . Initial exploration of this part of Central Asia occurred in the period 1774–82 . Arguably the first recorded travel through the region is the involuntary journey of the slave Filipp Efremov ( an ethnic Russian ) , who escaped from slavery in Bukhara . He crossed the Fergana valley , then via Osh , the Chigirik Pass and Terekdavan Pass he reached the Kashgar and finally came over the Karakorum . He was the first European who crossed the Alai Mountains . Scientific expeditions to the Alai Mountains began in 1871 , when Alexei Pavlovich Fedchenko discovered the Trans-Alai ( Zaalayskiy ) Range and its main peak . The first geographical expedition which came nearest to the base of the future Lenin Peak in the early 20th century was arguably the expedition of Nikolai Leopoldovich Korzhenevskiy . In September 1928 , three mountaineers -the Germans and Karl Wien , and the Austrian - from the Soviet-German scientific expedition , made the first attempt to reach the highest point of the Trans-Alai Range , which at that time had the name Kaufman Peak . They started climbing upstream of the Saukdara river along the South slope of Trans-Alai Range also Trans-Alay Range . From the river head they continued climbing along the Greater Saukdara Glacier towards a saddle at an elevation of 5820 m ( this saddle is also known as the Krilenko Pass ) . On September 25 , 1928 they started climbing from the saddle along the NE Ridge and at 15.30 they reached the summit . At the time , Kaufman Peak was the highest summit reached by men . The title Lenin Peak was first applied to the highest point of the Trans-Alai Range in the same year ( 1928 ) . When it was renamed after Lenin it was believed to be the highest point in the USSR . On September 8 , 1934 , at 16:20 Kasian Chernuha , Vitaly Abalakov and Ivan Lukin , three members of a Soviet expedition , reached the summit at an elevation of . Their attempt lasted for four days with three camps ( 5700 m , 6500 m and 7000 m ) . The expedition started climbing from the Achik-Tash canyon in the Alai valley . The summit attempt itself was started along the Western ice slope of the Lenin glacier . They continued climbing along the North Face , passing the rocks that were later given the name Lipkins Rocks . At the end of the second day they reached the crest of the NE ridge at an elevation of about 6500 m . During the following day and a half they climbed along the NE Ridge and , utterly exhausted , reached the summit . The third ascent was three years later , in 1937 , when eight Soviet climbers under the direction of Lev Barkhash reached the summit by the same route . This was at the beginning of mass political repressions in the Soviet Union and many of the most prominent Soviet climbers , including Lev Barkhash , were brought to trial . Subsequent attempts to climb Lenin Peak could not begin until 1950 , when the USSR began to recover from the Second World War . On August 14 , 1950 , twelve climbers ( V . Aksenov , K , Zaporojchenko , Y . Izrael , V . Kovalev , A . Kormshikov , Y . Maslov , E . Nagel , V . Narishkin , V . Nikonov , V . Nozdryuhin , I . Rojkov ) under the direction of Vladimir Racek reached the summit for the fourth time . All three Soviet expeditions including Racecs expedition of 1950 were by almost the same route via the NE Ridge . The route which now is known as the classic route , via the Razdelnaya Peak and NW Ridge , was first climbed in 1954 by the team of Soviet climbers under the direction of V . Kovalev ( P . Karpov , E . Nagel , V . Narishkin , V . Nozdryuhin ) . In 1960 , a group of eight Soviet climbers made a successful direct climb along the North Face ( 15.08.1960 ) . There are 16 established routes , nine on the southern side and seven on the northern slopes . The peak is quite popular with climbers due to its easy access and some uncomplicated routes . However , the peak is not without its share of disasters . In 1974 , an entire team of eight female climbers died high on the mountain in a storm . The first high-speed ascent of Lenin Peak was completed in 1987 . The team , led by Valery Khrichtchatyi , included G . Lunyakov , Z . Khalitov , Anatoli Boukreev , V . Suviga , Y . Moiseev and A . Tselischev . The climb beginning from ABC base camp ( 4400 m ) to the summit and return to ABC base camp took 12 hours . Under the leadership of Leonid Troshchinenko the team , composed of 19 mountaineers from Leningrad and three from Kazakhstan , made the first winter ascent of Lenin Peak in 1988 . With temperatures hovering at -45° C , only six men reached the summit : including Valery Khrichtchatyi , Balyberdin , S . Arsentiev , U . Moiseev , I . Tulaiev and V . Dedi . In 1987 The first solo ascent was achieved by the great high altitude mountaineer Anatoli Boukreev . An avalanche triggered by an earthquake killed 43 climbers in 1990 . As it is now , considering the existing infrastructure and BC/ABC locations , there are three most attractive routes from the North ( approximately indicated on the Scheme ) : Lipkins rocks route and NE Ridge ; the classic North Face route ; the route via Razdelnaya Peak and the NW Ridge . External links . - Lenin Peak on summitpost - Description district Lenin Peak , climbing routes on Lenin Peak - Alternative 3D map of climbing routes - Climbing in Kyrgyzstan