Sergei Preminin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Russian sailor
Date of Birth: 18-Oct-1965
Place of Birth: Velikoustyugsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia
Date of Death: 03-Oct-1983
Profession: military personnel
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Sergei Preminin
- Sergei Anatolievich Preminin (Russian: ?????? ??????????? ????????, 18 October 1965 – 3 October 1986) was a Soviet Russian sailor who, after an explosion aboard nuclear submarine K-219, prevented an impending nuclear meltdown by manually forcing damaged control rods into place.
- He was, however, unable to exit the reactor compartment because the hatch had jammed due to increased pressure, and died.
- Preminin was posthumously awarded the Order of the Red Star, the medal of Hero of the Russian Federation and the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland".
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