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First Vice-Chairman of Federation Council of Russia Visits Mangyongdae
Pyongyang, September 11 (KCNA) -- Alexandr Torshyn, first vice-chairman of the Federation Council of Russia, and his party visited Mangyongdae, the birthplace of President Kim Il Sung.

They went round historic relics preserved at the old home in Mangyongdae where the President was born and spent his childhood, being briefed on the undying stories about the old home.

They toured revolutionary relics on Mangyong Hill.

The first vice-chairman said:

I was deeply impressed to visit the old home in Mangyongdae.

We have come to know well that the President's family was very simple and poor one.

He embarked on the road of the revolution in his early years and achieved the independence of the country.

Visiting the old home, I was surprised by the diligence and devotion of the President's family members in Mangyongdae.

The rising generation is earnestly learning from the great revolutionary lives of the President and his family members.

I was deeply impressed to see the Korean people preserve and manage well the old home in Mangyongdae and glorify the revolutionary history of the leader.

The guests also visited the Tower of the Juche Idea, the Okryu Children's Hospital, the Mirim Riding Club, the Songdowon International Children's Camp and other places in Pyongyang and local areas. They went round the Liberation Tower and the Jongbaek Church.

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