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Taesongsan Revolutionary Martyrs' Cemetery () is a cemetery and memorial to the North Korean soldiers fighting for freedom and independence against
Japanese rule. It is located near the top of
Mount Taesong
Taesŏngsan is a mountain in Taesong-guyok, Pyongyang, North Korea. It has an elevation of . One popular visitor attraction on Taesŏngsan is the outdoor ice rink. Others include the Revolutionary Martyrs' Cemetery and the Korea Central Zoo.
In ...
(Taesongsan) in the
Taesong-guyŏk, just outside Pyongyang, North Korea.
Description
The cemetery with hundreds of tombs was completed in 1975 and in October 1985 was renovated and expanded. It covers an area of 30 hectares. The entrance to the cemetery is marked by a monumental gate in
Korean style. Each of the
grave
A grave is a location where a dead body (typically that of a human, although sometimes that of an animal) is buried or interred after a funeral. Graves are usually located in special areas set aside for the purpose of burial, such as grave ...
s is provided with a
bronze
Bronze is an alloy consisting primarily of copper, commonly with about 12–12.5% tin and often with the addition of other metals (including aluminium, manganese, nickel, or zinc) and sometimes non-metals, such as phosphorus, or metalloids such ...
bust. At the far end of the memorial there is a conspicuous red flag made of granite. Heo-nik Kwon & Byung-Ho Chung (2012) covered the cemetery in their publication "North Korea: Beyond Charismatic Politics", noting the cemetery's political significance to the revolutionary narratives of the North Korean state and the large scale absence of any ordinary military cemeteries in North Korea
Notable people buried
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Kim Jong-suk
Kim Jong-suk (; 24 December 1917Suh Dae-sook. Kim Il Sung: The North Korean Leader. New York: Columbia University Press, 1988. – 22 September 1949) was a Korean anti-Japanese guerrilla, a Communist activist, North Korean leader Kim Il ...
, first wife of
Kim Il-sung
Kim Il-sung (; , ; born Kim Song-ju, ; 15 April 1912 – 8 July 1994) was a North Korean politician and the founder of North Korea, which he ruled from the country's establishment in 1948 until his death in 1994. He held the posts of ...
.
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Kang Pan-sŏk
Kang Pan-sŏk ( ko, 강반석; 21 April 1892 – 31 July 1932) was the mother of North Korean leader Kim Il-sung.
Biography
She came from the village of Chilgol and raised Kim on a small farm in Mangyongdae, both near Pyongyang. She a ...
, mother of Kim Il-sung.
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Kim Ch'aek, general and politician.
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Nam Il
Nam Il (5 June 1915 – 7 March 1976) was a Russian-born North Korean military officer and co-signer of the Korean Armistice Agreement.
Biography
Nam was born Yakov Petrovich Nam in the Russian Far East. Due to a Soviet policy, Nam's family, l ...
, general and politician.
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Ri Yong-suk, politician.
See also
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Kumsusan Palace of the Sun
The Kumsusan Palace of the Sun (), formerly the Kumsusan Memorial Palace (), is a building near the northeast corner of the city of Pyongyang that serves as the mausoleum for Kim Il-sung, the founder of North Korea, and for his son Kim Jong-il, bo ...
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Patriotic Martyrs' Cemetery
The Patriotic Martyrs' Cemetery is a national cemetery in North Korea located in Sinmi-ri, Hyongjesan-guyok, Pyongyang. Founded on September 17, 1986, it is officially reserved for people who contributed to the "liberation of the country" and "so ...
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Daejeon National Cemetery
The Daejeon National Cemetery () is located in Hyeonchungwon-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, South Korea. It is South Korea's second national cemetery after the Seoul National Cemetery and is overseen by the Ministry of Patriots' and Veterans' Affair ...
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Seoul National Cemetery
The Seoul National Cemetery () is located in Dongjak-dong, Dongjak-gu, Seoul, South Korea. The cemetery is reserved for Korean veterans, including those who died in the Korean independence movement, Korean War, and Vietnam War. Four South Kore ...
References
External links
Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery on Mt. Taesong (video)at
Naenara
Naenara () is the official web portal of the North Korean government. It was the first website in North Korea, and was created in 1996. The portal's categories include politics, tourism, music, foreign trade, arts, press, information technology, ...
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Pyongyang
Cemeteries in North Korea
1975 establishments in North Korea
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