{"id":371300,"date":"2026-09-08T15:45:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T10:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=371300"},"modified":"2026-09-08T15:45:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T10:15:33","slug":"yakov-novichenko-bridge-and-tumen-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/yakov-novichenko-bridge-and-tumen-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Yakov Novichenko bridge and Tumen River"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> North Korea and Russia opened the Yakov Novichenko Bridge, their first proper road link, over the Tumen River.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">About Yakov Novichenko Bridge<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_371309\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-371309\" style=\"width: 259px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-371309\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Source-CSIS.jpg?resize=259%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Yakov Novichenko Bridge\" width=\"259\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Source-CSIS.jpg?resize=259%2C300&amp;ssl=1 259w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Source-CSIS.jpg?w=583&amp;ssl=1 583w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-371309\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; CSIS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> The <strong>Yakov Novichenko Bridge<\/strong> is built over<strong> the Tumen River<\/strong> between <strong>Russia and North Korea.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It was <strong>built near the existing Friendship Bridge,<\/strong> a rail bridge commissioned in 1959.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Naming:<\/strong> The bridge is named after<strong> Yakov Novichenko, a Red Army soldier<\/strong> whom Pyongyang credits with <strong>protecting Kim Il Sung in 1946.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Size and Design:<\/strong> It is a <strong>1-km-long, two-lane road bridge<\/strong> designed to <strong>allow up to 300 vehicles to cross every day.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Connectivity:<\/strong> It provides the <strong>first proper road link between Russia and North Korea.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It will also <strong>connect with Russia\u2019s federal road network<\/strong> and the <strong>transport corridor between Vladivostok and St Petersburg.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">About Tumen River<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_371311\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-371311\" style=\"width: 378px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-371311\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Source-ScienceDirect-1.jpg?resize=378%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Tumen River\" width=\"378\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Source-ScienceDirect-1.jpg?resize=291%2C300&amp;ssl=1 291w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Source-ScienceDirect-1.jpg?w=662&amp;ssl=1 662w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 378px) 100vw, 378px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-371311\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; ScienceDirect<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>Tumen River<\/strong> originates from<strong> Mount Paektu,<\/strong> along the <strong>China\u2013North Korea border.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It forms part of the <strong>boundary between China and North Korea in the upper reaches<\/strong> and between <strong>North Korea and Russia in the lower reaches.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Other names:<\/strong> It is also known as the <strong>Tuman River or Duman River<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li>Its <strong>Russian name, Tumannaya, means \u201cfoggy\u201d.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tributaries:<\/strong> The <strong>Gaya River and Hunchun River<\/strong> are tributaries of the Tumen River.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Merges into:<\/strong> It <strong>enters the Sea of Japan (East Sea).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Key Features:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Size:<\/strong> It is <strong>521 km long<\/strong> and is the <strong>third-longest river in Korea.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Navigability:<\/strong> The river is <strong>navigable for only 85 km,<\/strong> limiting its navigational use.<\/li>\n<li><strong>River Economic Development Area:<\/strong> In <strong>1995, China, Mongolia, Russia, North Korea and South Korea<\/strong> signed <strong>three agreements<\/strong> to <strong>create the Tumen River Economic Development Area.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: North Korea and Russia opened the Yakov Novichenko Bridge, their first proper road link, over the Tumen River. 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