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Lenin Peak

(Encyclopedia)Lenin Peak or Ibn Sina Peak, formerly Kaufmann Peak koufˈmən [key], 23,405 ft (7,134 m) high, on the border of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. Also known as Kuh-i-Gamo [warm mountain], it is the highest ...

Kaufmann Peak

(Encyclopedia)Kaufmann Peak: see Lenin Peak, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. ...

Moreno, Lenín

(Encyclopedia)Moreno, Lenín (Lenín Boltaire Moreno Garcés), 1953–, Ecuadorian political leader, president of Ecuador (2017–). Moreno was a manager in the private sector for several years before holding sever...

Lenin Library

(Encyclopedia)Lenin Library: see Russian State Library. ...

Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich

(Encyclopedia)Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich lĕnˈĭn, Rus. vlədyēˈmĭr ĭlyēchˈ lyĕˈnĭn [key], 1870–1924, Russian revolutionary, the founder of Bolshevism and the major force behind the Revolution of Oct., 1917...

Kuh-i-Gamo

(Encyclopedia)Kuh-i-Gamo: see Lenin Peak.

Djaja Peak

(Encyclopedia)Djaja Peak, Indonesia: see Jaya Peak. ...

Communism Peak

(Encyclopedia)Communism Peak: see Ismoili Somoni Peak. ...

Harney Peak

(Encyclopedia)Harney Peak, S.Dak.: see Black Hills. ...

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