A portrait of National Hero of North Korea Yakov Novichenko is displayed in his restored ZAZ-968 Zaporozhets car during a ceremony to launch traffic on the new road bridge over the Tumen (Tumannaya) River, connecting Russia's Primorye Territory and North Korea, in Khasan District, Primorye Territory, Russia. The bridge is named after Soviet officer Yakov Novichenko, who covered a grenade thrown at future North Korean leader Kim Il Sung with his body in 1946.
- Package: Russia North Korea Road Bridge
- Categories: Economy, Business & Finance
- Location: Vladivostok, Primorye Territory, Russia
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- Author: Vitaliy Ankov
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
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