# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yakov-novichenko
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:48:47.609Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yakov-novichenko"
name: "Yakov Novichenko"
slug: "yakov-novichenko"
description: "Yakov Tikhonovich Novichenko was a Soviet military officer. He notably protected Kim Il Sung, the first leader of North Korea, from an assassination attempt in 1946. He is considered the only non-Korean to have had a cult of personality in the country, and is the only non-Korean to have received the Hero of Labor award, the highest title in North Korea."
tagline: "Soviet military personnel (1914–1994)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Novichenko_stela_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1914-04-28"
deathDate: "1994-12-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.45
  momentum:             1.504424778761062
  historical:           4.852596
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%9D%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE"
    title: "Яков Новиченко"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakov_Novichenko"
    title: "Yakov Novichenko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakow_Nowiczenko"
    title: "Jakow Nowiczenko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE%2C_%D0%AF%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%A2%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Новиченко, Яков Тихонович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE_%D0%AF%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%B2_%D0%A2%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Новиченко Яків Тихонович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4322857"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump