When Vasily was called to the Chernobyl reactor in the middle of the night to put out a fire, it just seemed like any other fire. Vasily Ivanovich Ignatenko was a Soviet firefighter who was one of the first responders at the site of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster, on … Vasily Ignatenko was one of the many first responders who passed away following complications from exposure to radiation. The death toll from the explosion is widely disputed, but listed as 4,000 by the United Nations. Please sign in to contribute to the Mamamia Community. Israeli healthcare group says coronavirus infections have PLUNGED by at least 60% among vaccinated over-60s, COVID-19 positivity rate tops 10 percent in nearly a THIRD of all NYC zip codes as Gov. You have half an hour,'" she recalled the doctor saying. At eight I say: "Vasenka, I'm going for a little walk." Lyudmila Ignatenko (pictured) was pregnant with her first child when her husband Vasily hurried to the scene of the 1986 nuclear disaster in what was then the Soviet Union. Tatiana Ignatenko was a collective farm fieldworker, and Ivan Ignatenko a tractor, and later truck, driver. No hugging or kissing. In the new HBO series, Chernobyl, the rapid decline of Vasily’s health is depicted in gruesome detail. The Chernobyl nuclear disaster was the worst in history. After meeting with her husband for the first time, Lyudmilla, who was pregnant, was told by doctors that she could not touch Vasily. She was offered an 'opportunity to participate in the storytelling process and to provide feedback', and never indicated she was unhappy, they claim. But just four hours after their daughter, Natashenka, was born, the infant died. Lyudmila Ignatenko was pregnant with her first child when her husband Vasily hurried to the scene of the 1986 nuclear disaster. Fourteen days. https://www.mamamia.com.au/lyudmilla-ignatenko-chernobyl-pregnancy Vasily Ignatenko was one of the first responders at the power plant when it exploded in the early hours of April 26, 1986, in what was then the Soviet Union and is now Ukraine. In her husband's last days, Lyudmilla was completely unaware of the threat her husband could have on herself and their unborn child. Ignatenko and her husband were newlyweds when he died in 1986. 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A widow who inspired a central character in HBO's Chernobyl has spoken out for the first time since the series aired, revealing tearfully how her firefighter husband gave her flowers from his hospital bed before he died of radiation poisoning. Although Lyudmila praised the 'attention to detail' of the HBO series, she said she was left feeling 'hurt and uneasy' by the series, in which she was played by Jessie Buckley. The HBO series was written to terrify people about nuclear power, not necessarily to tell the truth (they also misrepresented a helicopter crash. Revealing how she had been criticised for 'killing her baby' by staying with her poisoned husband while pregnant, she said: 'How could I leave him? They were the last flowers he brought me,' the real-life Lyudmila recalls. IMDb's advanced search allows you to run extremely powerful queries over all people and titles in the database. Exactly two weeks after being brought to the Moscow hospital, Vasily died. really? She claimed she had not been consulted and was left feeling 'hurt and uneasy' by the series. In addition, more than five million have lived in radiated land around the area in the 33 years since. 'I shall remember until the end of my life how we stood by the window together. In just a few months, 29 of them died, with dozens more dying years later as a result of radiation-related cancers. They went off just as they were, in their shirt sleeves. Lyudmila Ignatenko was pregnant in 1986 when her firefighter husband was among the first-responders to the infamous Ukraine nuclear disaster. PETER WALKER: Are slim people ALWAYS fitter than fatties? They had been married in 1958. Portrayal: Jessie Buckley in the role of Lyudmila, who says she was not consulted - but HBO said they had 'multiple exchanges' with her and say she never voiced concerns, Tearful: Lyudmila recalled how she stayed with Vasily in hospital where he gave her carnations from under his pillow, but died painfully of radiation poisoning two weeks after the accident, Mourning: Lyudmila Ignatenko at a ceremony in 1990, four years after the nuclear radiation disaster which killed her husband, Disaster: The ruined Chernobyl nuclear power plant in May 1986, weeks after the explosion whose radioactive effects are still felt today, Clean-up: Workers in protective clothing in Pripyat earlier this month where a new structure has been put in place to contain the radioactive remains of the power plant. Lyudmila Ignatenko was pregnant with her first child when her husband Vasily hurried to the scene of the 1986 nuclear disaster. His skin started cracking on his arms and legs. Instantly, two men were killed in the blast. Adam Nagaitis played Vasily Ignatenko, the firefighter who was first on the scene to put out the blaze on the roof. A few years later Ludmila gave birth to a son - as they say, for herself. "'If you start crying, I'll kick you out right away. Ignatenko had an older sister, Lyudmilla, a younger brother, Nikolai, and a younger sister, Natasha. Ignatenko was summoned to the blaze but suffered severe poisoning from the radiation which was released into the atmosphere. About suicide, although at times it became unbearably hard for her, there was not even a thought. We didn't know this was the last time we would share a romantic moment.'. The five-part miniseries Chernobyl is available to watch now on Foxtel. Play it now. Proof the Pfizer Covid vaccine works in the real world? "The only thing that saved me was [that] it happened so fast," Lyudmilla said. Ignatenko shared her experience with author Svetlana Alexievich, for her Nobel prize-winning 2015 book Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster. The comments below have not been moderated. No one told them [about the risk of radiation].”. Vasily and Lyudmila Ignatenko. Just two months after Vasily died, the then-23-year-old went into labour while visiting his grave in Moscow. Lyudmilla was an infection threat to Vasily, not vice versa. Lyudmilla trained in medicine and worke… Chernobyl is the gripping new HBO drama people are rating higher than Game of Thrones. However, she did not believe the call was genuine and did not believe she would be offered $3,000 for doing nothing. "There wasn't any time to think, there wasn't any time to cry. "He was producing stools 25 to 30 times a day, with blood and mucous. Just seconds later, the surge caused the power plant to overheat, as a series of explosions to the equivalent of 500 nuclear bombs was set off. Lyudmila said she had only seen a few snippets of the series on Ukrainian TV. She was pregnant, … We didn't know anything about radiation then. Vasily Ivanovich Ignatenko was born on 13th March, in the Brahin District of the Gomel Region of the Byelorussian SSR. Find exactly what you're looking for! 'He stood up and gave me three carnations from underneath his pillow. Business owners issue desperate appeal for aid after pandemic and anti-Asian racism has decimated Chinatown in New York, San Francisco and Seattle, Shocking moment cop car runs over man and miraculously leaves him with just minor injuries after angry crowd surrounded the vehicle as police tried to stop a Fast and Furious style burnout, How letters nearly put paid to David Lean's version of A Passage To India amid concerns from the executors of E.M. Forster's literary estate that he was trying to simplify a complex tale. Around 116,000 people were permanently evacuated from the exclusion zone around the power plant, with villages and towns left to go to ruin. 'Of course I thought it was fake, some sort of fraud,' she said, saying that the Russia-Ukraine conflict had added to her suspicion. Lyudmila Ignatenko is a very religious person. In 14 days, a person dies.". 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Emotional: Lyudmila Ignatenko revealed tearfully how her firefighter husband gave her flowers from his hospital bed before he died of radiation poisoning, Family: Lyudmila and her husband Vasily (pictured on their wedding day with their family) were expecting their first child at the time of the 1986 nuclear disaster. Here are 4 things you didn't know. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2005/apr/25/energy.ukraine “They [the firefighters] weren’t wearing their canvas gear. Two months later, she went into labour but the baby survived only a few hours. Ludmilla Ignatenko is a real person (Image: SKY) Ludmilla ignored instructions and also lied to nurses, telling them she had two children and was not pregnant at the time. 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