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Tajikistan is a typical mountainous country with absolute heights from 300 to 7495 m. 93% of its territory is occupied by mountains belonging to the highest mountain systems of
Central Asia – Tien-Shan and Pamir. Many peaks in Tajikistan are among the highest in the world, rising to a
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Ismoil Somoni Peak, Formerly Stalin Peak and
Communism Peak, the highest mountain in the former Soviet Union territories is now called after Ismoil Somoni or Ismail Samani (d. 907), leader of the Samani dynasty which conquered the region now known as the country of Tajikistan in which the mountain
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Scheffel, Richard L.; Wernet, Susan J., eds. (1980).
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869:. New York: Meredith Press. p.
966:Таджикская экспедиция. Средняя Азия
892:"Альпинисты Северной Столицы. Горы"
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1076:Route description and climbing map
861:V. H. Hillyer; E. G. Huey (1966).
504:List of highest mountains on Earth
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570:"Territorial and border issues"
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1503:Seven-thousanders of the Pamir
1457:British Indian Ocean Territory
763:. Kings Road. pp. 45–46.
27:Highest mountain in Tajikistan
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999:"Альпинисты Северной Столицы"
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846:Stalin Peak (Pamirs) 24,583;
608:Natural Wonders of the World
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948:Яценко, В. С. (1950).
757:Martin Hannan (2011).
460:Willi Rickmer Rickmers
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277:Қуллаи Исмоили Сомонӣ
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1094:"Ismoil Somoni Peak"
987:on 15 November 2012.
981:"История экспедиций"
919:Kalinin, G. (1983).
305:Пик Исмои́ла Сомони́
297:قلّهٔ اسماعیل سامانی
231:3 September 1933 by
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546:The Free Dictionary
514:Peak Korzhenevskaya
247:rock/snow/ice climb
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683:The World Factbook
651:on 31 January 2020
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102:Country high point
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963:Лукницкий, П. Н.
811:Highest elevation
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