Mansudae Grand Monument, Pyongyang, North Korea

A giant statue of Kim Il Sung (1912-1994), communist leader of North Korea, with a depiction of revolutionary peasants and workers on the right, known as the Mansudae Grand Monument, located at Mansu Hill, Pyongyang, capital of North Korea. The statue is 20 metres tall, and was built in 1972 to commemorate the leader's 60th birthday. Kim Il Sung led North Korea from its founding in 1948 until his death, firstly as Prime Minister and later as President. According to legend, the statue was originally going to be 40 metres tall, but Kim Il Sung's modesty required it to be smaller

60th Commemorate Depiction Heroic Idealised Mansudae Modesty Peasants Pyongyang Sung

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