Kim Il-sung

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Politician · Soviet Union

Date of birth: April 15, 1912
Died on July 8, 1994: Died at the age of 82; Would have turned 114 today

Supreme Leader of North Korea from 1948 to 1994

The story behind the name

Kim Il-sung was a politician (Soviet Union). Kim Il-sung was born on April 15, 1912 in Mangyŏngdae. Kim Il-sung founded Socialist Patriotic Youth League.

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Socialist Patriotic Youth League

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Facts about Kim Il-sung

Born: April 15, 1912 in Mangyŏngdae
Died: July 8, 1994
Nationality: Soviet Union, North Korea, and Korea under Japanese rule
Occupations: Politician, Writer, Memoirist, and Partisan
Languages: Russian, Chinese, and Korean
Fame: Wikipedia articles in 141 languages

Birthday

Date of birth: April 15, 1912
Born on a: Monday
Zodiac sign: Aries

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What makes Kim Il-sung unique

Generation: Greatest Generation
In memory: Died at the age of 82
Today: Would have turned 114 today

First award in 1945, the year Kim Il-sung turned 33.

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Awards

Award	Year
Order of the Red Banner	1945
Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"	1970
Order of Lenin	1972
Order of the White Lion	1973
Order of Karl Marx	–

Founded companies

Name	Year
Socialist Patriotic Youth League	–
Kim family	–
Workers’ Party of Korea	–
Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland	–

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