 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).