Mykola Melnyk, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mykola Melnyk

Hero of the Soviet Union

Date of Birth: 17-Dec-1953

Place of Birth: Stavyshche, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 26-Jul-2013

Profession: test pilot, aircraft pilot, helicopter pilot

Nationality: Ukraine

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Mykola Mykolayovych Melnyk (Ukrainian: ?????? ??????????? ???????; December 17, 1953 – July 26, 2013), also known as Nikolai Melnik, was a Ukrainian (previously Soviet) 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. For this operation, he was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, and the Igor I.
Sikorsky Award for Humanitarian Service.