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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 · Among the brave souls on the scene was Vasily Ignatenko, a firefighter responding to a seemingly standard blaze at the Chernobyl plant. He died due to radiation exposure less than three weeks later — but his historic contributions helped stop the crisis from becoming even worse.
Jun 16, 2019 · Pregnant Lyudmilla Ignatenko watched in despair as the life of her husband, reduced to a "bloodied monster" by the Chernobyl blast, slowly ebbed away. Her partner Vasily, 25, was one of the...
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 dose...
Dec 23, 2019 · Lyudmila Ignatenko was pregnant in 1986 when her firefighter husband was among the first-responders to the infamous Ukraine nuclear disaster. Her spouse, Vasily, soon was in the hospital,...
Mar 18, 2011 · Vasily Ignatenko was a firefighter called to battle the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear reactor. He died soon after the disaster. March 18, 2011. 2 min read.
Jun 6, 2019 · A side story that shows the effects of Chernobyl's nuclear disaster on the common people in Pripyat is the sad story of Vasily Ignatenko, a 25-year-old firefighter who responded to the fire alarm minutes after reactor 4 exploded.
May 20, 2019 · One of the characters it focuses on is Vasily Ignatenko, a real person played by Adam Nagaitis. He was a first responder at the Chernobyl explosion and was exposed to radiation as a result.
Jun 17, 2019 · Pregnant Lyudmilla Ignatenko watched in despair as the life of her husband, reduced to a “bloodied monster” by the Chernobyl blast, slowly ebbed away. Her partner Vasily, 25, was one of the first firefighters on the scene after Reactor 4 exploded.
