Snow Leopard award

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The Snow Leopard award (Russian: Снежный барс) was a Soviet mountaineering award, given to highly skilled mountaineers. It is still recognized in the Commonwealth of Independent States. To receive this award, a climber was required to summit all five peaks within the former Soviet Union with elevation above 7,000 m (23,000 ft). It was founded on October 12, 1967 by the Central Council of Sports Societies and Organizations of the USSR.

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