Chairman Kim Jong Il visiting Novosibirsk, August 2001. (Photo TASS/Moscow Times)

A tablet to honor Chairman Kim Jong Il was displayed at the "Lenin Plaza" Station of Novosibirsk Metro in Russia with due ceremony on Sept. 6.

Photo NGS (ru)

Engraved on the tablet were letters "Comrade Kim Jong Il, chairman of the National Defence Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, visited the 'Lenin Plaza' Station of Novosibirsk Metro on August 11, 2001" in Korean and Russian.

Photo NGS (ru)

Attending the unveiling ceremony were personages of various circles in the city including the mayor of Novosibirsk City of Russia, masses, the family of Ya. T. Nobichenko, an internationalist soldier, the DPRK charge d'affaires ad interim in Russia and his embassy members.

Photo NGS (ru)

The participants placed a floral basket and bouquets at the tablet.

Kim Jong Il commemorative plaque in the Novosibirsk metro (ru)

(KCNA - September 13, 2019)