Mykola Melnyk

In this name that follows East 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
DiedJuly 26, 2013(2013-07-26) (aged 59)
Alicante, Spain
Allegiance Soviet Union
 Ukraine
ConflictsChernobyl disaster relief operation
AwardsHero of the Soviet Union
Order of Lenin
Igor I. Sikorsky Award for Humanitarian Service
Other workTest 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 known 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, and the Igor I. Sikorsky Award for Humanitarian Service.

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