Editing Lenin Peak (section)

==Names==
Lenin Peak was originally named '''Mount Kaufmann''' after [[Konstantin Petrovich von Kaufmann|Konstantin Kaufman]], the first Governor-General of the [[Russian Turkestan]]. In 1928, the mountain was renamed '''Lenin Peak''' after the [[Russia]]n revolutionary and first leader of the [[Soviet Union]], [[Vladimir Lenin]]. In Tajikistan, the peak was renamed again in July 2006,<ref name=num297/> and today it is officially called in [[Tajik language|Tajik]] ''Qullai Abuali ibni Sino'' (''қуллаи Абӯалӣ ибни Сино'', '''Ibn Sina Peak''' or, alternatively, '''Avicenna Peak''') after [[Avicena|Abu Ali ibn Sina (Avicenna)]].

In Kyrgyzstan, the peak is still officially called ''Lenin Chokusu'' (''Ленин Чокусу'', '''Lenin Peak'''). However, in October 2017, [[President of Kyrgyzstan|Kyrgyz president]] [[Almazbek Atambayev]] called for renaming the peak "Manas Peak", after the hero of the [[Epic of Manas]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Зачем Атамбаев придумал Дни истории и памяти предков|language=RU|trans-title=Why did [[Almazbek Atambayev|Atambayev]] invent the Days of History and Remembering the Elders?|publisher=[[Kaktus Media]]|date=2017-10-27|access-date=2017-11-05|url=https://kaktus.media/doc/365417_zachem_atambaev_pridymal_dni_istorii_i_pamiati_predkov.html}}</ref> A peak named "Manas Peak" already exists in Kyrgyzstan; it is a mountain of {{convert|4488|m|ft}} in the [[Talas Alatau]] range in [[Talas Region]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Manas Peak|publisher=GoKG|access-date=2017-11-05|url=http://gokg.asia/manas-peak/}}</ref>

Local [[Kyrgyz language|Kyrgyz]] names include '''Jel-Aidar''' ("Wind's God") and '''Achyk-Tash''' ("Open Rock").<ref name=watanabe>Teiji Watanabe et al. (2013), [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/271854451_Place_Names_as_an_Ecotourism_Resource_for_the_Alai_Valley_of_theKyrgyz_Pamir Place Names as an Ecotourism Resource for the Alai Valley of the Kyrgyz Pamir], Geographical Studies, Vol. 88, No. 2, page 9</ref><ref>Anarbaev, M. and Watanabe, T.  (2008): Tourism in the Pamir-Alai Mountains, southern Kyrgyz Republic. ''Chiri (Geography)'', 55 (1), 56–59. (in Japanese)</ref> ''Achik-Tash'', is also the name of a plateau and a base camp at an elevation of 3,600 m on a popular northern climbing route to Lenin Peak, which starts in the southern [[Kyrgyzstan|Kyrgyz]] city of [[Osh]], a day's drive north of the border.<ref>[http://kyrgyzstan-tourism.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=110&Itemid=114 Achik-Tash camp in Kyrgyzstan on the way to Lenin Peak] {{in lang|ru}}</ref> Another suggested local name, '''Pik Kaman'''  ("wild pig",  "boar") probably belongs to an officially unnamed peak west of Lenin Peak.<ref name= watanabe/>