Veteran of the Great Patriotic War, Junior Lieutenant Yakov Novichenko, National Hero of North Korea, Hero of Labor of the DPRK. On March 1, 1946, Yakov Novichenko, who was guarding the party leaders at a rally in Pyongyang, saved the party activists of North Korea and its leader, Comrade Kim Il Sung, from a grenade explosion by covering the charge with his body. Left: Yakov Novichenko at a festive demonstration to mark the anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution on the central square of Novosibirsk.
- Categories: Lifestyle & Leisure, Unrest, Conflicts & War, Politics, Arts, Culture & Entertainment
- Location: Novosibirsk, Russia
- Event date: 07.11.1984
- Date published: 11.10.2024
- Author: Вячеслав Киселев
- Credit: Sputnik
- Original: 85-2623, 35 mm film
- Media: JPEG, 5406x3544px, 8.7Mb