Day of Shining Star Marked in Russia

Pyongyang, February 22 (KCNA) -- Events such as meeting, seminar, Korean book, photo and handicraft exhibition and film show were held at different units of Russia between January 27 and February 8 to celebrate the 75th birth anniversary of leader Kim Jong Il. Sazhi Umalatova, chairwoman of the Party for Peace and Unity of Russia, said that Kim Jong Il was an outstanding brilliant commander, a genuine patriot and a great guardian of justice and peace. Dolgachev, first secretary of the Maritime Territorial Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, said that Kim Jong Il visited Russia several times for the strengthening of the Russia-DPRK friendship, adding that the Russian people are cherishing the precious memories of him. Vadim Kudimin, director of the Russian Institute of Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism, said that he heard from preceding generations a lot about President Kim Il Sung and leader Kim Jong Il and about socialist Korea, the most genuine paradise for the people on the planet, and in the course came to ardently admire them. Khmelyov, first secretary of the Partizansk City Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation who is member of the Legislative Assembly of Maritime Territory, and other personages said they looked back with deep emotion upon the undying feats of Kim Jong Il on the occasion of his birth anniversary. -0-