Peter I Range, Peter the First Range or Peter the Great Range ( or Хребет Пётра Первого) is a mountain range in

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, part of the Pamir Mountain System. The range takes its name from

Peter the Great Peter I (, ; – ), better known as Peter the Great, was the Sovereign, Tsar and Grand Prince of all Russia, Tsar of all Russia from 1682 and the first Emperor of Russia, Emperor of all Russia from 1721 until his death in 1725. He reigned j ...

(1672 – 1725).

Geography

Peter I Range is located in the south-east of

Jirgatol district Lakhsh District (, , before 2016: ''Jirgatol District'') is a district in Tajikistan. It lies in the extreme north-east corner of the Districts of Republican Subordination. Its northern boundary is the international boundary with Kyrgyzstan; on th ...

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. It forms a westerly extension of the northern Pamirs, separating the watersheds of the Surchob in the north and the Obikhingou river in the south. The range stretches in a roughly east–west direction for about 200 km, connecting with the

Academy of Sciences Range Tajik National Academy of Sciences Range (, until 31 July, 2023 Academy of Sciences Range) is a mountain range in the Western Pamirs of Tajikistan. It is stretched in a north-south direction and considered to be the core of the Pamir mountain sy ...

at its eastern end.Peter I Range
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Peaks

Its highest summit is Moscow Peak (6,785 m). Other peaks are

Leningrad Peak Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the Neva, River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland ...

(6,507 m),

Abalakov Peak Abalakov is a surname. People with this surname include: * Alexander Abalakov (born 1959), Russian politician * Vitaly Abalakov (1906–1986), Soviet mountaineer * Yevgeniy Abalakov (1907–1948), Soviet mountaineer, brother of Vitaly See also * ...

(6,446 m), Oshanin Peak (6,389 m),

Kirov Peak Kirov may refer to: *Sergei Kirov (1886–1934), Soviet Bolshevik leader in Leningrad after whom all other entries are named * Kirov (surname) Places Armenia * Amrakits, formerly Kirov * Taperakan, formerly Kirov Azerbaijan * Kirov, Baku * Kirov, ...

(6,372 m),

Kuybyshev Peak Kuybyshev or Kuibyshev may refer to: People * Valerian Kuybyshev (1888–1935), Russian revolutionary * Nikolay Kuibyshev (''Kuybyshev'') (1893–1938), Russian Red Army Komkor; brother of Valerian Places Several places in the Soviet Union were n ...

(6,189 m), and the

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Agasis Peak (5,877 m).

References

External links

Shear-wave polarizations in the Peter the First Range indicating crack-induced anisotropy in a thrust-fault regime
Mountain ranges of Tajikistan Districts of Republican Subordination Pamir Mountains {{tajikistan-geo-stub