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Leningrad hijacking affair
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Leningrad_hijacking_affair
GPTKB entity
Statements (36)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:crime
Soviet dissident movement event
gptkbp:aircraftType
gptkb:Antonov_An-2
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
gptkb:Operation_Wedding
gptkbp:charge
treason
attempted hijacking
gptkbp:commemoratedBy
gptkb:Operation_Wedding_documentary
memorial events in Israel
gptkbp:date
June 15, 1970
gptkbp:goal
to hijack a plane and escape to the West
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Leningrad hijacking affair
gptkbp:impact
led to increased Jewish emigration from USSR
sparked international protests
gptkbp:involves
gptkb:Soviet_Jews
dissident
refuseniks
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Leningrad,_Soviet_Union
gptkbp:mediaCoverage
global
gptkbp:notableParticipant
gptkb:Yosef_Mendelevich
gptkb:Anatoly_Altman
gptkb:Boris_Penson
gptkb:Eduard_Kuznetsov
gptkb:Israel_Zalmanson
gptkb:Mark_Dymshits
gptkb:Sylva_Zalmanson
gptkb:Wolf_Zalmanson
gptkbp:plannedRoute
gptkb:Sweden
gptkbp:relatedTo
gptkb:refusenik_movement
gptkb:Soviet_human_rights_movement
gptkbp:result
arrest of participants
international outcry
increased emigration of Soviet Jews
gptkbp:sentence
death penalty (later commuted)
long prison terms
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Soviet_Jews
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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