Ismoil Somoni Peak (Tajik: Қуллаи Исмоили Сомонӣ, romanized: Qulla-i Ismō‘il-i Sōmōnî/Qullaji Ismojili Somonī; Russian: Пик Исмои́ла Сомони́, romanized: Pik Ismoíla Somoní) is the highest mountain in Tajikistan[1][3][7][8][9][4][5][6], as well as the former Russian Empire and Soviet Union before Tajikistan's independence.

In 1962, as part of Khrushchev's nationwide de-Stalinization process, the name was changed to Communism Peak (Tajik: Пики Коммунизм, romanized: Piki Komunizm Russian: Пик Коммуни́зма, romanized: Pik Kommunízma), a name by which it is still commonly known.

"[11][12] The central Pamirs would continue to be visited by the expeditions of Kosineko, Korzhenevsky, Lipsky, Novitsky, Musketov, and others, but they failed to reach the Academy of Sciences Range.

Subsequent expeditions to the area of the Range of the Academy of Sciences took place in Soviet times.

[13][14][15][16][17] The first ascent (to the then Stalin Peak) was made on 3 September 1933 by the Soviet mountaineer Yevgeniy Abalakov, during the Tajik-Pamir expedition of 1933.