In 2003 Khrichtchatyi’s name was given to the mountain pass after Anatoliy Dzhuliy and his team of set a new route to the pass that connects Druzhba glacier located on the upper side of Yuzhniy Inylchak and Tugbelchi glacier (China).

In 2017, the Almaty Mountaineering Federation decided to rename Yoshkar-Ola Peak into Valery Khrichtchatyi Peak.
In 2003 Khrichtchatyi’s name was given to the mountain pass after Anatoliy Dzhuliy and his team of set a new route to the pass that connects Druzhba glacier located on the upper side of Yuzhniy Inylchak and Tugbelchi glacier (China).
In 2017, the Almaty Mountaineering Federation decided to rename Yoshkar-Ola Peak into Valery Khrichtchatyi Peak.
Valery Khrichtchatyi