The Peak of Soviet Kyrgyzstan

Peak of Soviet Kyrgyzstan - located in the Central Tien Shan, in the Mustagh massif.

The section of the Tengri-Tag ridge between the peaks of Maxim Gorky and Petrovsky is unjustly forgotten by geographers and climbers. To the west of the peak of Maxim Gorky rises the summit of Soviet Kyrgyzstan. The sharp depression of the ridge between them is the result of the growth of the cirques of the Stvor glacier and the counter glacier of Suhodolskiy flowing to the north. Even this lowest saddle of Tengri-Tag (about 5000 m) cannot serve as a pass, as it drops off on both sides with sheer walls of marbled limestone.

The peak of Soviet Kyrgyzstan is not marked on the map; in the diagram by V. K. Nozdryukhin, this name is attributed to peak "5860," which was named after G. I. Petrovsky by M. T. Pogrebetsky in the 1930s, and under this name it entered the literature. To resolve the confusion that arose from misunderstanding and to adhere to the traditions of climbers, we will transfer the name proposed by V. K. Nozdryukhin, peak of Soviet Kyrgyzstan, to the unnamed peak east of peak Petrovsky.

The massif of Soviet Kyrgyzstan has several summits. The eastern (5650 m) rises like a sharp tower above the abyss, a kilometer west of the three-headed dome of the main summit (5700 m), and even further west is the western peak (5600 m).

The complex valley glacier of Suhodolskiy (6.5 km) is the largest on the northern slope of the Tengri-Tag ridge.

Beginning from four chambers, it flows eastward along the massif of Soviet Kyrgyzstan, then sharply turns north.

On the Inylchek glacier, the massif of Soviet Kyrgyzstan is still waiting for its conquerors.