 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.