Lenin Peak (until 1928 - Kaufman Peak ; in Tajikistan since 2006 - Peak named after Abu Ali Ibn Sina ) - the mountain peak of the Chon-Alay range on the border of Kyrgyzstan (Chon-Alay district of Osh region) and Tajikistan (Murgab district of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region region). One of the “seven thousand meters” - the highest peaks of the former USSR . One of the highest peaks of Central Asia , located in the Pamir mountain system (7134 m).
| Lenin Peak | |
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| Kirg. Lenin Chokushu , taj. қullai Lenin | |
 View of Lenin Peak from Sary-Mogol Village, Alai Valley | |
| Highest point | |
| Absolute height | 7134 [1] m |
| Relative height | 2790 m |
| First ascent | 1928 ( Karl Vin , O. Allvine, E. Schneider) |
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| Mountain system | Pamir |
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History
The peak was first described in scientific literature in 1871 by the Russian geographer and traveler Alexei Pavlovich Fedchenko , who named it in honor of Konstantin Petrovich Kaufman , Governor-General of Turkestan [2] . In 1928, with the establishment of a new power, the peak was renamed Lenin Peak.
Until 1933, this peak was considered the highest peak of the Pamirs and the USSR , until after the ascent it was not established that Stalin's peak (height - 7495 meters) is higher than Lenin's peak.
The first ascent to the peak was made by German climbers Karl Win , and in 1928. In 1958, the first woman, a Soviet mountaineer Ekaterina Mamleeva, climbed to its top.
In total, 16 climbing routes were laid on the summit. Nine along the southern slope and seven along the north, the route from the north through the Razdelnaya peak is considered classic. The classic route does not require special skills and a huge mountaineering experience of the climber, which is why Lenin Peak is considered to be the most accessible seven thousand meter [3] .
On July 13, 1990, a giant glacier escaped from Lenin Peak, an avalanche destroyed the alpine site. During Soviet times, it was the largest tragedy in terms of the number of people killed in the history of mountaineering, 43 people were killed [4] [5] .
On July 4, 2006, by a decree of the Government of Tajikistan, Lenin Peak was renamed to the peak named after Abu Ali ibn Sina . [6]
On October 26, 2017, Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev, by his decree, recommended the deputies of the Jogorku Kenesh to pass a law on renaming Lenin Peak to Manas Peak [7] .
Jumping to Lenin Peak
On July 27, 1968, for the first time in the history of world parachuting, one of the highest peaks of the Pamir, Lenin Peak (7134 meters), was dropped by a parachute of Soviet paratroopers. 46 people took part in the jump: 36 conscripts and 10 parachutist aces. The unique action was carried out at the junction of scientific and technical discoveries, was held under the strict guidance of the military and promised to become a world sensation. It would have happened if it had not been for the tragedy. Four paratroopers were killed: sergeant Vladimir Mekayev, private Yuri Yumatov, senior sergeant Valery Glagolev, instructor Vyacheslav Tomarovich. [eight]
After 35 years in 2003, six Russian paratroopers made a successful landing on the summit of Lenin Peak [9] [10] .
Gallery
Lenin Peak on the 2000 postage stamp of Kyrgyzstan
Abu Ali ibn Sino Peak on Tajikistan 2009 postage stamp
Memorial sign at the Seraphim cemetery of St. Petersburg
Memorial tablet on Onion Glade
See also
- Lenin Glacier
Notes
- ↑ Peakbagger.com
- ↑ Kaufman Peak // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : 86 t. (82 t. And 4 add.). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- ↑ Lenin Peak. Climbing Lenin Peak
- ↑ Lenin Peak releases its victims (inaccessible link) . The date of circulation is November 3, 2013. Archived January 20, 2015.
- ↑ World mountaineering did not know this (Not available link) . The date of circulation is January 20, 2015. Archived March 16, 2017.
- ↑ Government Decree of the Republic of Tajikistan No. 297 of July 4, 2006 (Inaccessible link) . Archived March 12, 2007.
- ↑ President Almazbek Atambayev signed the Decree “On the establishment of the Days of the history and memory of the ancestors” . President of Kyrgyzstan (October 26, 2017). The date of appeal is October 26, 2017.
- ↑ 40 years parachute landing on Lenin Peak (1968)
- ↑ Jump to the bottom of death
- ↑ Adrenaline Hunters 42 edition. Landing on Lenin Peak.
Literature
- V. Nikitin. “On the assault on Lenin Peak (notes from a member of a government expedition of 1929)”, Moscow - Leningrad, OGIZ, 1931.