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Jengish Chokusu
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The Jengish Chokusu is the highest mountain in the Tian Shan mountain system in Central Asia at 7,439 metres. It lies on the China–Kyrgyzstan border between the Ak-Suu District in the Issyk-Kul Region
Jengish Chokusu, view from base camp on Engilchek Glacier, Kyrgyzstan
Jengish Chokusu, view from base camp on Engilchek Glacier, Kyrgyzstan
Jengish Chokusu (Pobeda Peak) on a Kyrgyzstan stamp'. (Note that the image of the peak is mirrored on the stamp.)
Jengish Chokusu (Pobeda Peak) on a Kyrgyzstan stamp'. (Note that the image of the peak is mirrored on the stamp.)
Peak seen in 1987. Photo by Jaan Künnap.
Peak seen in 1987. Photo by Jaan Künnap.
Vitaly Abalakov
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Vitaly Mikhaylovich Abalakov was a Soviet chemical engineer, mountaineer and inventor.
Jengish Chokusu
…was disastrous, when 11 of the 12 expedition members were killed in a blizzard. Jengish Chokusu's first indisputably verified ascent was in 1956 by Vitaly Abalakov's party. Ural Usenov—the only survivor of the 1955 expedition—accompanied Abalakov on the ascent. A Chinese expedition climbed the peak from the Chinese…
Vitaly (right) with his brother Yevgeniy, 1920s
Vitaly (right) with his brother Yevgeniy, 1920s