 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 Racec's expedition of 1950 were by almost the same route via the NE Ridge.