Mykola Melnyk
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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Mykolayovych and the family name is Melnyk.
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.
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Nikolai Melnik | |
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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 |
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For this operation, he was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union,[1] and the Igor I. Sikorsky Award for Humanitarian Service.