Chernobylets-liquidator of Volyn Alexander Hnatiuk: "This tragedy took many, but I have not obeyed"

police officer three months spent in the exclusion zone. Returning home, seasoned service difficulties and heavy losses friends, became a teacher at the school and the police took the championship of Ukraine combat sambo. Since when "Peacefulatom and "out of control specialists, it took 29 years. The tragedy swept the country, leaving irreparable consequences, selected hundreds of lives, maimed fate of thousands of Ukrainian ... Chernobyl young Alexander Hnatiuk sent while he was on active service in the army. - I remember those years. From 1985 to 1987 I servedmilitary unit in. I did not think that one night only radically change my life. We raised the alarm. Last orders: immediately send soldiers in Chernobyl. Commanders gave vkaziky dry, no one explained where and why we go. Later learned that the Chernobyl nuclear accident, but what consequences it threatens no one imaginedand could not afford - recalls retired police. Three days in Kiev soldiers passed a medical examination after their teams were sent to the 30-kilometer zone. First impressions are still before my eyes: - It was scary to look at the abandoned village, which recently raged life. It seemed to have left home villages moment ago, hoping soon to claimovernutysya. All furniture, belongings, livestock remained in place. Leaving home, people took only the most necessary - documents, money, valuables. Working in the disaster zone, young soldiers evakuyovuvaly people who have not yet, or refused to leave their domiky in Chernobyl and Pripyat and in adjacent villages. - Management Staff appearedylo specific task: to prevent theft and recover from things contaminated by radiation exclusion zone. We separate groups patrolled locations. Since the area was huge, moving BTRom. Checking whether thwarted locks of houses, flats, opechatuvaly houses, apartments and entrances. I remember traveling between buildings in Aveyvatnomu sector Chernobyl. My attention was caught half-bright red gate and garage protectors fresh tracks of a car. However, with this housing sector of long evacuated people. Coming closer, I noticed that the garage door lock disrupted, by car it was, so I realized that the premises were looters who probably stole caobil. For radio stations gave information to headquarters. Indeed, at the exit of the surrounded area towards the capital were arrested criminals who traveled stolen car "VAZ 2106". In hazardous area police officer stayed until the end of July: - Then there was timidly. Radiation - invisible, and the consequences of defeat were shown later. Frankly, mwere young and somewhat lehkovazhyly, so thought pass. Many of my colleagues remedies neglected, it is difficult to be around the clock in gas masks and raspiratorah. Even then, during the test, it was found that those who wore masks, were less affected by radioactive dust. - I remember, when they returned to the city, again heldmedical examination. We administered many surveys, attributed to a handful of drugs. Someone once hospitalizovuvaly: some of them returned to the part of others - no, - says Alexander Hnatiuk. Returning from the radioactive zone, the young man understood that life became dark shades, bitter taste of a specific atom, but had to go on. So after bykinchennya conscripts immediately vtupyv the Pedagogical Institute named after Lesya Ukrainian Lutsk Physical Education Department: - After graduating, he decided to join the police. Started its way from local policeman. For a long time he worked as a teacher training college Volyn police and later served Mr.sediment deputy head of the School of drill. He worked on himself, completely devoted himself to work, coached students - taught unarmed combat skills. Alexander Hnatiuk - champion of Ukraine, Master of Sports in sambo. He was awarded many departmental medals and diplomas. At deserved rest Lieutenant police went with posadi deputy chief of police Kivertsi rayvidilu. Looking back, Alexander Mefodievich states that participated in the aftermath of the Chernobyl did not pass unnoticed. After all, the memory of the tragedy forever memories permeate zone havoc with sinister silence of those who took invisible atom ... So every yearApril 26 Alexander Hnatiuk with law enforcement, the liquidators of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant coming together to honor the memory of those who have not, and share memories that will forever remain in their souls and hearts. SZEM Internal Affairs of Ukraine Volyn region

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