Karl Marx Peak (; ) rises to in the Shakhdara Range in Pamir Mountains, in the south-west of Tajikistan's Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province (eastern part of Ishkoshim district), just north of the Panj River and the Afghanistan border.Big Soviet Encyclopedia, on-line edition ."Pik Karl Marx" in Encarta World Atlas. "Pik Karl Marx, Tajikistan" Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2011-12-11. It was named after the German philosopher Karl Marx whose theories were the basis of communism and socialism. The highest summit in the Shakhdara Range, it was discovered and named in 1937 by Soviet geologist and explorer of South-West Pamir Sergey Klunnikov.Discovery of Karl Marx Peak . The ascent was delayed by the outbreak of World War II, and Karl Marx Peak was first climbed in 1946 by a group of Soviet alpinists led by .First ascent .
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