Ismoil Somoni Peak

Ismoil Somoni Peak () is the highest mountain in Tajikistan. The mountain is in the Pamir Mountains range and is  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.

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.

References

Other websites

 Ismoil Somoni Peak  at Peakware

Category:Mountains of Asia
Category:Geography of Tajikistan