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Yevgeny Kim
Yevgeny Ivanovich Kim (russian: Евгений Иванович Ким; 27 February 1932 – 12 November 1998) was an intelligence officer in the KGB and the recipient of the title Hero of the Soviet Union. Early life Kim was born on 1932 in Gochang County, Zenrahoku-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan (now North Jeolla Province, South Korea) to a Korean peasant family. His family later migrated to the Soviet Union. His name was Kim Yong Chue until 1978. KGB career In 1960 he graduated from the Faculty of Oriental Studies at the Leningrad State University with a degree in Japanese philology. Kim was fluent in Japanese, Korean, English and Spanish languages. Kim served in the First Main Directorate of the KGB of the USSR from 1960. In 1966, as intelligence agent, he began to work in an unidentified country with a complex intelligence-operational situation. There he showed himself to be an expert intelligence agent, distinguished by high professionalism, broad outlook, good analytical an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gochang County
Gochang County (''Gochang-gun'') is a county in North Jeolla Province, South Korea. It is a rural area, and is home to only one institution of higher education: Gochang Polytechnic College. Notable people from Gochang include the 20th-century poet Midang. The temple of Seonunsa is also located in Gochang. The Gochang Dolmens located in Maesan village are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site and Historic Site #391. Gochang-gun has an average temperature of 14.3 degrees Celsius and precipitation of 1003.6 millimeters, which is a low rainfall area. The average high is 18.8 degrees and the average low is 8.01 degrees. History Gochang is the town with most dolmen sites in Korea. Some of the dolmens in Dosan-ri, Sanggap-ri and Maesan-ri are of the southern style, whereas most of those in the rest of North Jeolla-do Province are of the northern style. This proves that a wide scope of culture existed in the town in the prehistoric times. Gochang is where Morobiri, one of the 5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
