mountain in the eastern Kakshaal (Kokshaal-Tau) Range of the Tien Shan, on the frontier of Kyrgyzstan and China. It was first identified in 1943 as the tallest peak (24,406 feet 【7,439 metres】) in the Tien Shan range and the second highest peak in what was then the Soviet Union (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics); it is now the highest peak in Kyrgyzstan. Its name commemorates the Allied victory in World War II. An enormous dome-shaped mountain, heavily glaciated and frequently wreathed in clouds, it was first climbed in 1956 by Soviet alpinists.