Soviet war veteran Yakov Novichenko, who saved the life of North Korean leader Kim Il Sung by shielding him from a grenade during an assassination attempt in Pyongyang in 1946, in a meeting with young pioneers in the village of Terbanoy, Soviet Union, 1986. Novichenko lost his right hand in the explosion and was later awarded the title of Hero of Labor of the DPRK. Photo by V. Kryukov.

Soviet war veteran Yakov Novichenko, who saved the life of North Korean leader Kim Il Sung by shielding him from a grenade during an assassination attempt in Pyongyang in 1946, in a meeting with young pioneers in the village of Terbanoy, Soviet Union, 1986. Novichenko lost his right hand in the explosion and was later awarded the title of Hero of Labor of the DPRK. Photo by V. Kryukov.