ISMOIL SOMOLI PEAK IN VINTAGE STAMPS

VINTAGE STAMPS (1986, 1997, 2003) 

Ismoil Somoli Peak (7,495m- 24,590 ft)

Republic of Tajikistan  

1. In Pik Kommunisma, 198,  issued USSR, Courtesy mountainstamp.com 

2.  In Pik Ismoil Somoni, Republic of Tajikistan 1997, Courtesy  mountainstamp.com 

3.   In Pik Ismoil Somoni from Moskvin Base Camp, Tajikistan 2003, Courtesy  mountainstamp.com 

The mountain 

Ismoil Somoni Peak (7,495m- 24,590 ft) also called  Pink Kommunizma is the highest mountain in Tajikistan. It is one of the five Snow Leopard mountains. It was within the territory of the former Russian Empire and the former Soviet Union before the area became independent as Tajikistan. 

The official name is nowadays Pik/Peak Ismail Somoni, but the name hasn't stuck and a guess is that it never will. The name of the peak is a little history of itself. It was called Pik Garmo until 1933, when it was changed to Pik Stalin.  In 1962, Nikita Krushchev decided to change the name to Pik Kommunizma. In 1998 the leadership of Tajikistan decided to baptize the peak after the founder of the original Tajik state - Ismail Somoni,  ruler of the Samanid dynasty.
Ismoil Somoni Peak is a huge peak and even though it's surrounded by other high mountains it really dominates the area. It is located in a sub-range of the Pamirs called Akademii Nauk or the Academy of Science Range. The first expedition to the mountain was done in 1932, but wasn't climbed until the year after. The first ascent was made via the east ridge in september 3, 1933. The two summiteers were Eugeny Abalakov and Nikolay Gorbunov.
Source: Summit post.org