Vasily Ivanovich Ignatenko
Vasily Ivanovich Ignatenko ( Russian Василий Иванович Игнатенко , Belarusian Васіль Іванавіч Ігнаценка Vasil Ivanavich Ihnazenka , Ukrainian Василь Іванович Ігнатенко Wassyl Iwanowytsch Ihnatenko * 13. March 1961 in Spjaryschscha , Byelorussian SSR , Soviet Union ; † 13. May 1986 in Moscow , Soviet Union) was a Belarusian firefighter and liquidator in the Chernobyl nuclear disaster .
| Cyrillic ( Ukrainian ) | |
|---|---|
| Василь Іванович Ігнатенко | |
| Transl. : | Vasylʹ Ivanovyč Ihnatenko |
| Transcr. : | Wassyl Iwanowytsch Ihnatenko |
| Cyrillic ( Russian ) | |
| Василий Иванович Игнатенко | |
| Transl .: | Vasilij Ivanovič Ignatenko |
| Transcr .: | Vasily Ivanovich Ignatenko |
| Cyrillic ( Belarusian ) | |
| Васіль Іванавіч Ігнаценка | |
| Transcr. : | Wassil Iwanawitsch Ihnazenka |
Life
Ignatenko was born in the village of Spjaryschscha ( Спярыжжа ) in the Brahin district of the Belarusian Homelskaya Woblasz .
After graduating from the vocational school for radio technology in Homel , he first worked in Babrujsk and after some time was drafted into the Soviet Army , where he served in the fire department in Moscow. After completing his military service, he wanted to join the fire department in Chernihiv , but was not hired and therefore became a firefighter in the Ukrainian city of Pripyat .
There he, as the commander of the department of the 6th independent paramilitary fire brigade for the protection of the city of Pripyat, was on guard duty on April 26, 1986 and was responsible for the fourth reactor block of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant . When the fire started at the nuclear power plant, he was one of the first to walk into the radioactive fire. When he arrived at the nuclear power plant at 1:35 a.m. , he organized the personnel for the operation. He himself worked at great heights, in high temperatures and in heavy smoke, with which he served as an example for his team.
During this mission he received a high dose of radiation, which is why he was admitted to the sixth clinic of the Moscow Institute of Biophysics on April 27. He suffered from an extremely severe degree of radiation sickness , which is why a bone marrow transplant was performed on May 2, but it was unsuccessful. He died in Moscow at the age of 25 and, like his five Ukrainian comrades who were on duty with him and who also died, was buried in the Mitinskoye cemetery ( Митинское кладбище ) in Moscow. The internal sergeant major and sports master of the USSR left a pregnant woman.
reception
Ignatenko's widow Lyudmila Ignatenko told his story to the Nobel Prize winner Svetlana Alexievich , who wrote this in her book “ Chernobyl. A Chronicle of the Future ”processed. This served the Luxembourg director Pol Cruchten in 2016 as the basis for a documentary film. Ignatenko's last days of life were also thematized in the television series Chernobyl , in which Wassili Ignatenko is portrayed by Adam Nagaitis and Lyudmila Ignatenko by Jessie Buckley .
Honors
- On 21 April 2006 the title, he was posthumously Hero of Ukraine awarded
- Order of the Red Banner (September 25, 1986, posthumously)
- Order of the President of Ukraine " For Courage " (Presidential Decree No. 346/96 of May 8, 1996)
- In Brahin , a memorial was erected in his honor in the town's central square
- A street was named in his memory in the Belarusian capital Minsk
Web links
- Two stories in two museums - visiting the Chernobyl exhibitions in Bragin and Chojniki on mediachernobyl
- Lyudmilla Ignatenko, wife of the late firefighter Vasily Ignatenko "Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral Story of a Nuclear Disaster" by Svetlana Alexievitsch (English)
- Hero of "Chernobyl": mother of the firefighter Vasily Ignatenko about his life situation on BBC June 5, 2019 (Russian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lyudmila Ignatenko: Life in the Shadow of the Chernobyl Catastrophe ( Memento of the original from July 23, 2019 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on dtf.ru ; accessed on August 9, 2019 (Russian)
- ↑ a b Liquidators ( Memento of the original from June 29, 2019 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant website; accessed on August 9, 2019 (Ukrainian)
- ↑ a b In the shadow of the reactor - Who goes into the fire ( Memento of the original from August 9, 2019 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in OWEP 2/2004 ; accessed on August 9, 2019
- ↑ a b Ignatenko Street in Minsk ( Memento of the original from July 30, 2019 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on vulica.by ; accessed on August 9, 2019 (Russian)
- ↑ 'CHERNOBYL' HBO CAST: WHO PLAYS A REAL PERSON? THEIR TRUE STORY COUNTERPARTS REVEALED ( Memento of the original from October 23, 2019 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on newsweek.com ; accessed on August 9, 2019
- ↑ Decree of the President of Ukraine ( Memento of the original dated January 2, 2020 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. No. 328/2006 of April 21, 2006; accessed on August 9, 2019 (Ukrainian)
- ↑ a b Heroes of Ukraine ( Memento of the original from 23 August 2019 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on ukrgeroes.com.ua ; accessed on August 9, 2019 (Ukrainian)
- ↑ The Heroes of Chernobyl on handelsblatt.com of April 25, 2006; accessed on August 9, 2019
- ↑ The Heroes of Chernobyl , Deutsche Welle, April 25, 2006; accessed on August 9, 2019
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ignatenko, Wassili Iwanowitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Игнатенко, Василий Иванович (Russian); Ігнаценка, Васіль Іванавіч (Belarusian); Ігнатенко, Василь Іванович (Ukrainian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belarusian firefighter and liquidator in the Chernobyl nuclear disaster |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 13, 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Spjaryschscha , Belarusian SSR , Soviet Union |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 13, 1986 |
| Place of death | Moscow , Soviet Union |