Ismoil Somoni Peak (7495m)

Tajikistan / Karotegin / Karakendzha /
 mountain, summit, Seven-Thousander

Ismoil Somoni Peak is the highest mountain peak in Tajikistan and is the 50th highest mountain in the world
It has been known in the past as Stalin peak untill 1962, whence it was called Communism Peak, and renamed to its current name in 1998, after the founder of the Samanid dynasty.

Before the breakup of the USSR, it was the highest peak in USSR
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Coordinates:   38°56'33"N   72°0'55"E

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