What is Ismoil Somoni Peak?
'''Ismoil Somoni Peak''' ({{Lang-tg|Қуллаи Исмоили Сомонӣ}}) is the highest [[mountain]] in [[Tajikistan]]. The mountain is in the [[Pamir Mountains]] range and is {{convert|7,495|m|ft}} above sea level. It is the 50th [[List of highest mountains|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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.summitpost.org/page/150290|title=Pik Kommunizma|work=Summit Post|access-date=18 May 2019}}</ref> Ismoil Somoni Peak was once called '''Stalin Peak''', and after [[de-Stalinization]], '''Communism Peak''' before being renamed in honour of [[Isma'il ibn Ahmad|Ismail Samani]], a ruler of the [[Samanid dynasty]]. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} * [https://peakware.com/peaks.php?pk=52 Ismoil Somoni Peak] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190515145120/https://peakware.com/peaks.php?pk=52 |date=2019-05-15 }} at Peakware [[Category:Mountains of Asia]] [[Category:Geography of Tajikistan]] {{geo-stub}} {{authority control}}