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Vasily Ivanovich Ignatenko (Ukrainian: Василь Іванович Ігнатенко; Belarusian: Васіль Іванавіч Ігнаценка; Russian: Василий Иванович Игнатенко; 13 March 1961 – 13 May 1986) was a Soviet firefighter who was among the first responders to the Chernobyl disaster.
May 31, 2019 · Vasily Ignatenko was one of the first responders to the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986. He died of radiation poisoning at 25, but his wife Lyudmila wrote a book about his heroism and the aftermath of the catastrophe.
Mar 18, 2011 · Vasily Ignatenko was a firefighter called to battle the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear reactor. He died soon after the disaster. Monument for dead firemen in the city of Chernobyl. After...
Jun 16, 2019 · Viewers of Sky Atlantic series Chernobyl were touched by the story of Lyudmilla Ignatenko, whose husband Vasily was called in to help contain the disaster
Vasily Ignatenko, depicted in the series, was among the first firefighters sent to tackle the blaze. Firefighters sent from neighbouring Pripyat did not know of any radiation exposure and ...
May 7, 2019 · Vasily Ignatenko was one of the first Pripyat firefighters on the scene after the explosion. He climbed to the reactor roof in an attempt to extinguish the fires, where he received a fatal...
Dec 23, 2019 · Lyudmila Ignatenko was pregnant in 1986 when her firefighter husband Vasily died from radiation poisoning after the Chernobyl disaster. She shared her memories of their last moments together and the criticism she faced for staying by his side.
