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National parks and reserves

Pamir – the «Rooftop of the World» TOURISM
Pamir is a vast mountainous region in the middle of Asia located
at the intersection of world’s greatest mountain ranges such
as Tyan-Shan, Hindukush, Kunlin and Karakorum. Translated
from Farsi, the word «Pamir» stands for the «Rooftop of the
World». Pamir is the birthplace of the highest peaks in the CIS
area including the Peak of Ismoili Somoni (formerly known as
the Peak of Communism, 7495 m.) and the Peak of Eugeniya
Korzhenevskaya (7105 m.)

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