Vyatskoye, Khabarovsk Krai

Wjatskoje (Russian Вятское, scientific transliteration Vjatskoe ) is a fishing village on the south bank of the Amur River in the Far East of Russia with 1893 inhabitants ( 2011).

Geography

The village is located about 70 km northeast of Khabarovsk and belongs to the Khabarovsk region. It belongs as its largest town to rural community ( selskoje posselenije ) Jelabuga of Rajons Khabarovsk.

History

The original inhabitants of the area around present-day Wjatskoje were different Tungusenstämme. The village was formerly part of the Outer Manchuria and was ceded to the Beijing Convention in 1860 by the Chinese Qing Dynasty with Amur - Ussuri region and around the present-day cities of Khabarovsk and Vladivostok in Russia.

The place name is derived from the name of the river Vyatka in the European part of Russia, from the territory of the first Russian settlers came probably.

During the Second World War was at Wjatskoje a camp of the 88th Brigade of the Soviet army, which consisted of Chinese and Korean guerrilla fighters. Kim Il-sung, who later became head of state of North Korea was stationed there as a captain of a battalion of the Red Army. Presumably, was born here on February 16, 1941 his son and successor as North Korean head of state Kim Jong- il. According to the official North Korean version this happened but a year later on the Paektu -san.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Kim Jong- il (1941-2011), former Chairman of the National Defence Commission of North Korea, Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army and general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea ( thus de facto ruler of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea)