# Snow Leopard award

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{{Short description|Russian sports award}}
{{For|the Asian film awards called Snow Leopard awards|Asian World Film Festival}}
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The '''Snow Leopard award''' ({{Langx|ru|Снежный барс}}) was a Soviet [mountaineering](/source/mountaineering) award, given to highly skilled [mountaineers](/source/mountaineers). It is still recognized in the [Commonwealth of Independent States](/source/Commonwealth_of_Independent_States). To receive this award, a climber was required to summit all five peaks within the former [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union) with elevation above {{cvt|7000|m}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alpklubspb.ru/ass/a388.htm|title=Альпинисты Северной столицы. История появления жетона "Покоритель высочайших гор СССР" ("Снежный барс").|website=www.alpklubspb.ru}}</ref>

It was founded on October 12, 1967 by the Central Council of Sports Societies and Organizations of the USSR.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.expeditions-unlimited.com/en/blog/snow-leopard/snow-leopard-challenge-five-soviet-7000 |title= Snow Leopard Challenge: the five Soviet 7,000.}}</ref>

==The peaks==
thumb|''Peak Ozodi''
The Snow Leopard peaks include:<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://peakery.com/peaks/lists/soviet-snow-leopards/ |title=Soviet Snow Leopards • peakery |access-date=2016-06-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329044451/http://peakery.com/peaks/lists/soviet-snow-leopards/ |archive-date=2016-03-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
#[Ismoil Somoni Peak](/source/Ismoil_Somoni_Peak) {{convert|24590|ft}}
#[Jengish Chokusu](/source/Jengish_Chokusu) {{convert|24406|ft}}
#[Ibn Sina Peak](/source/Ibn_Sina_Peak) {{convert|23406|ft}}
#[Peak Ozodi](/source/Peak_Ozodi) {{convert|23310|ft}}
#[Khan Tengri](/source/Khan_Tengri) {{convert|22999|ft}}

In Tajikistan's [Pamir Mountains](/source/Pamir_Mountains) there are three Snow Leopard peaks, [Ismoil Samani Peak](/source/Ismoil_Somoni_Peak) (formerly Communism Peak) {{convert|7495|m}}, [Peak Ozodi](/source/Peak_Ozodi) (formerly Peak Korzhenevskaya) {{convert|7105|m}}, and [Ibn Sina Peak](/source/Ibn_Sina_Peak) (formerly Lenin Peak) {{convert|7134|m}} on the [Kyrgyzstan](/source/Kyrgyzstan)-Tajikistan border.{{cn|date=September 2021}}

In the [Tian Shan](/source/Tian_Shan) there are two Snow Leopard peaks, [Jengish Chokusu](/source/Jengish_Chokusu) (formerly Peak Pobeda) {{convert|7439|m}} in Kyrgyzstan (divided by the border with China), and [Khan Tengri](/source/Khan_Tengri) {{convert|7010|m}} on the Kyrgyzstan-Kazakhstan border. Khan Tengri's geologic elevation is {{convert|6995|m}} but its glacial cap rises to {{convert|7010|m}}. For this reason, it is considered a {{cvt|7000|m}} peak.{{cn|date=September 2021}}

In order of difficulty, [Jengish Chokusu](/source/Jengish_Chokusu) is by far the most difficult and dangerous, followed by Khan Tengri, Ismail Samani Peak, Peak Korzhenevskaya, and Lenin (Ibn Sina) Peak.{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

==Recipients==
There are more than 600 climbers, including 31 women, who have received this award between 1961 and 2012 (although not all of them completed the five peaks).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.russianclimb.com/snowleopard/table.htm|title=Wejherowo - Wikipedia, wolna encyklopedia|website=www.russianclimb.com}}</ref>

===Records===
* [Boris Korshunov](/source/Boris_Korshunov) (Russia) – nine times Snow Leopard (1981 – 2004) and last award at the age of 69
* [Andrzej Bargiel](/source/Andrzej_Bargiel) (Poland) – all five ascents in 29 days 17 hours 5 minutes (time counted from leaving the Advanced Base Camp under Lenin Peak, 15 July 2016)
* [Elvira Nasonova](/source/Elvira_Nasonova) (Russia) – three time "Snow Leopard," the only woman to do so.

==Further reading==
* [http://www.summitpost.org/the-snow-leopards/235234 The Snow Leopard mountains at Summitpost]

==References==
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