Leningrad hijacking affair

GPTKB entity

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	6