Soviet firefighter at the Chernobyl disaster (1962-1986)
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Volodymyr Pravyk
Native name
Володимир Павлович Правик
Birth name
Volodymyr Pavlovych Pravyk
Born
13 June 1962 (1962-06-13) Chernobyl, Ukraine SSR, USSR
Died
11 May 1986(1986-05-11) (aged 23) Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR
Buried
Mitinskoe Cemetery
Allegiance
Soviet Union
Service/branch
Paramilitary Fire Service, Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR
Years of service
1979–1986
Rank
Lieutenant
Unit
Third Watch, Paramilitary Fire Station No. 2 (Chernobyl NPP Fire Station)
Awards
Hero of the Soviet Union, Order of Lenin, Order For Courage
Volodymyr Pavlovych Pravyk (Ukrainian: Володимир Павлович Правик, Russian: Владимир Павлович Правик, romanized: Vladimir Pravik; 13 June 1962 – 11 May 1986) was a Soviet firefighter notable for his role in directing initial efforts to extinguish fires following the Chernobyl Disaster. Following the event, he was hospitalized with acute radiation syndrome and died sixteen days later. He was posthumously awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union and the Order of Lenin by the Soviet Union, and later the Ukrainian Star For Courage (later known as the Order for Courage) in recognition of his efforts.
Volodymyr Pavlovych Pravyk (Ukrainian: Володимир Павлович Правик, Russian: Владимир Павлович Правик, romanized: Vladimir Pravik; 13 June 1962 – 11 May...
Power Station firefighter brigade under the command of Lieutenant VolodymyrPravyk, who died on 11 May 1986 of acute radiation sickness. They were not...
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Shcherbina Valery Legasov Mykola Melnyk Vassili Nesterenko Vladimir Pikalov VolodymyrPravyk Nikolai Tarakanov Leonid Telyatnikov Leonid Toptunov Locations Exclusion...
and Nikolai Vashchuck were led by Lieutenants Viktor Kibenok and VolodymyrPravyk in using water to extinguish these localized fires, while coordinating...
Shcherbina Valery Legasov Mykola Melnyk Vassili Nesterenko Vladimir Pikalov VolodymyrPravyk Nikolai Tarakanov Leonid Telyatnikov Leonid Toptunov Locations Exclusion...
Shcherbina Valery Legasov Mykola Melnyk Vassili Nesterenko Vladimir Pikalov VolodymyrPravyk Nikolai Tarakanov Leonid Telyatnikov Leonid Toptunov Locations Exclusion...
Shcherbina Valery Legasov Mykola Melnyk Vassili Nesterenko Vladimir Pikalov VolodymyrPravyk Nikolai Tarakanov Leonid Telyatnikov Leonid Toptunov Locations Exclusion...
Shcherbina Valery Legasov Mykola Melnyk Vassili Nesterenko Vladimir Pikalov VolodymyrPravyk Nikolai Tarakanov Leonid Telyatnikov Leonid Toptunov Locations Exclusion...
the beginning of the emergency. This initial group, which included VolodymyrPravyk, Viktor Kibenok, and Vasily Ignatenko, was already suffering from the...
(1768–1794), Polish noblewoman guillotined during the French Revolution VolodymyrPravyk (1962–1986), firefighter and liquidator List of Chernobyl-related articles...
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were city firefighters, they didn't know their way up to the roof. VolodymyrPravyk shift leader of ВПЧ-2, the power plant's fire station, volunteered...
laboratory in a vehicle at turbine 8; buried in Mitinskoe Cemetery VolodymyrPravyk 11 May 1986 Firefighter Lieutenant, shift leader at the NPP Fire station...
were on duty at the moment of explosion. An alarm came through from VolodymyrPravyk's brigade, requesting him to send his brigade to the power plant. Kibenok...
Shcherbina Valery Legasov Mykola Melnyk Vassili Nesterenko Vladimir Pikalov VolodymyrPravyk Nikolai Tarakanov Leonid Telyatnikov Leonid Toptunov Locations Exclusion...
at Turbine 8; assisted in holding the turbine room fires in check. Pravyk, Volodymyr Pavlovych Правик, Владимир Павлович 1962-06-13, Chernobyl, Kyiv, Ukrainian...
Global Information
Soviet Union
Lieutenant