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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.