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“Well, it’s The week before Christmas and all through the LM, not a commander was stirring, not even Cernan. The samples were stowed in their places with care, in hopes that with you, they soon will be there. Up there rose such a scatter, I sprang from my hammock, to see what was the matter. The Sun on the breast of the surface below gave the luster of objects, as if in snow. And what to my wandering eyes should appear, but a miniature Rover and eight tiny reindeer. And a little old driver so lively and quick, I knew in a moment, it must be St. Nick. I heard him exclaim as he – over the hills he did speed. Merry Christmas to all and to all – to you all Godspeed.”

just another shitpost of mine about one of the many inaccuracies in the HBO miniseries.

Viktor Ivanovich Lopatyuk was born on the 22nd of August, 1960 in Lilov (Leliv) Kyiv in the Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine.) He studied at the Kiev Polytechnic Institute, then started his work at ChNPP on the 14th of July, 1983 as an electrician. He met his wife, Natalya and was expecting a child named Yulia. On the 25th of April 1986, Viktor left his wife in a nursery hospital and headed for his overnight shift.

He received a fatal dose of over 6 sieverts after he went with Lelechenko, Baranov, and Shapovalov to switch off the hydrogen supply valves. They did not know of the extreme radiation, so they all ended up with fatal doses. Lopatyuk fell first, dragged away while begging to continue working, shortly followed by the others.

He was admitted to the 6th Moscow Hospital with ARS of the 3rd degree and died on the 17th of May, 1986 after doctors clipped a vein while trying to insert a catheter. He was posthumously awarded the USSR's Order of Lenin and Ukraine's Cross for Courage.

Valery Ivanovich Perevozchenko was born on the 6th of May, 1947 in Starodub, Bryansk Oblast. In 1970, he graduated from the Dzerzhinsky Leningrad Naval School. He started his work at ChNPP on the 30th of April, 1981 as a Foreman in the Reactor Section. He was married to Zoya Zakharivna and had 2 children, one named Marina.

He received a fatal dose of over 6 sieverts after he went to room 714/2 to turn the ECCS valves, accompanied Proskuryakov and Kudryavtsev to the central hall, and he also tried to locate his colleague and good friend, Valery Khodemchuk.

He died from ARS of the 3rd degree in Moscow Hospital 6, on the 13th of June, 1986. He was posthumously awarded the Order of Courage.

Viktor Vasilyevich Proskuryakov was born on the 9th of April, 1955 in Svobodny, Amur Oblast. He started his work at ChNPP on the 8th of April, 1982 and was married to Lyudmila Anatolyevna to whom he had 2 children: Elena (1980) and Vladislav (1981).

He received a fatal dose of over 6 Sieverts from going into the reactor hall with Kudryavtsev and Perevozchenko. He died on the 17th of May, 1986 from 100% radiation burns and severe radiation sickness and was posthumously awarded the Order of Courage.

Nikolai Vasilyevich Vashchuk was born on the 5th of June, 1959 in Zhytomyr, Zhytomyr Raion, Zhytomyrskа, Ukraine. Before becoming a firefighter, Vashchuk served in the army at Moscow. When he came back from the army, first he worked as a driver in the Ovruch Road Department. Then he went to Pripyat and got his job as a firefighter.

On the night of the 26th of April 1986, Vashchuk was covering a shift for a friend when they received a call about a fire at the power plant. They arrived there at 1:35 am, Vashchuk, along with 5 other men: Pravik, Ignatenko, Tishura, Titenok and Kibenok climbed onto the roof of Unit 3. They faced burning graphite blocks and melting bitumen, and the worse of all, extremely high radiation. They all got lethal doses, with Vashchuk receiving a dose of 1.2-1.4 sieverts.

The 6 were transferred from the Pripyat hospital to Moscow hospital 6. Vashchuk’s family visited him, he said: ”Why did you come here, Am I sick? I only have a sore throat. I’m fine.” He did not know that radiation terribly burned his throat. When his father came to visit him, he could not speak due to the burns in his respiratory tract. He wrote on a piece of paper: “Dad, i’m so hungry.” with burns bubbling up on his body, Vashchuk died on the 11th of May, 1986, and was buried on the 14th of May, 1986. He was only 27 years old. He was posthumously awarded the Hero of Ukraine with the Order of the Gold Star.

Anatoly Ivanovich Shapovalov was born on 6th April 1941 in Kirovograd (modern Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine). He started his career ar ChNPP on the 5th of April, 1978. He was married and had 2 kids.

On the night of the explosion, Shapovalov was the Senior Electrician on duty. With Lelechenko, Baranov and Lopatyuk he went to the electrolysis plant to switch off the hydrogen supply valves. They didn’t know about the extreme radiation, so all of them got lethal doses. Shapovalov got a dose of 1,160 rads.

Shapovalov was in the convoy of 129 victims who were sent to Moscow for treatment. Due to his high dose, radiation burns and skin damage started to show on his body. He fell into a coma and succumbed to his injuries on the 19th of May 1986. He was posthumously awarded the Order of Courage 3rd Degree.

All i know is that he was born on the 6th of April 1941 and died 19 May 1986 and he went along with Lelechenko, Baranov and Lopatyuk to the electrolysis plant. Any more information?

Gennady Rusanovskiy was an operator assigned to the northern Main Circulation Pump (MCP) hall of Unit 4 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. During the night shift of 26 April 1986, he was on duty alongside his colleagues, Viktor Degtyarenko and Valery Khodemchuk.

Shortly before the disaster, Rusanovskiy and Degtyarenko left the North Main Circulation Pump Hall and went to Room 419, the Perlite and Reagent Preparation Room. At 1:23:48 a.m., two catastrophic explosions destroyed Reactor No. 4. The force of the blasts ripped through the pump hall, hurling debris, rupturing steam lines, and releasing lethal levels of radiation.

Khodemchuk, who remained in the pump hall, was killed instantly when the building collapsed around him. His body was never recovered and remains entombed beneath the reactor ruins.

Although they had left the pump hall moments earlier, Rusanovskiy and Degtyarenko were still caught in the explosion. Both men suffered severe burns and significant radiation exposure. Degtyarenko later died from his injuries, becoming one of the 31 victims of the disaster.

Against overwhelming odds, Rusanovskiy survived. However, the events of that night left lasting psychological scars, and he reportedly lived with PTSD for the rest of his life. He died in 2017; the exact cause of his death has not been publicly established.