In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Mykolayovych and the family name is Melnyk.
Nikolai Melnik
Melnyk in 2006
Born
(1953-12-17)December 17, 1953 Stavysche, Kyiv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died
July 26, 2013(2013-07-26) (aged 59) Alicante, Spain
Allegiance
Soviet Union Ukraine
Battles/wars
Chernobyl disaster relief operation
Awards
Hero of the Soviet Union Order of Lenin Igor I. Sikorsky Award for Humanitarian Service
Other work
Test pilot, aerial firefighting pilot
Mykola Mykolayovych Melnyk (Ukrainian: Микола Миколайович Мельник; 17 December 1953 – 26 July 2013), also known as Nikolai Melnik, was a Soviet-Ukrainian pilot and liquidator hero renowned for his high-risk helicopter mission on the dangerously-radioactive Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant building immediately after the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.
For this operation, he was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union,[1] and the Igor I. Sikorsky Award for Humanitarian Service.
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