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She stayed with him in hospital where he gave her carnations from under his pillow, but died painfully of radiation poisoning two weeks after the accident. When he turned his head, there'd be a clump of hair left on the pillow," she told Alexievitch for her book. Lyudmila Ignatenko was pregnant with her first child when her husband Vasily hurried to the scene of the 1986 nuclear disaster. If you're not already a Mamamia member, sign up (it's easy, we promise). It was a hospital for people with serious radiation poisoning. Around 116,000 people were permanently evacuated from the exclusion zone around the power plant, with villages and towns left to go to ruin. Following his death, Vasily was buried in a zinc casket under cement in Moscow. Lyudmilla Ignatenko, wife of deceased fireman Vasily Ignatenko I'm sitting on my little chair next to him at night. Lyudmila was seven months pregnant when her husband died. She was offered an 'opportunity to participate in the storytelling process and to provide feedback', and never indicated she was unhappy, they claim. Lyudmila Ignatenko is a very religious person. 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. Lyudmila was by his bedside in hospital, in a scene depicted in the HBO series which was released earlier this year. 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. 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 … In his mouth, on his tongue, his cheeks – at first there were little lesions, and then they grew. 6, to whom 22-year-old Lyudmila, Vasily Ignatenko’s wife, did not tell about her situation after learning of her pregnancy, said that she, in fact, was sitting “near the open reactor”. Lyudmilla trained in medicine and worke… But when she finally gave birth, it all came to fruition. Lyudmilla Ignatenko was sleeping when her new husband, a firefighter, said he was going to the Chernobyl reactor to put out a fire. Instantly, two men were killed in the blast. The five-part miniseries Chernobyl is available to watch now on Foxtel. However, she did not believe the call was genuine and did not believe she would be offered $3,000 for doing nothing. "He was producing stools 25 to 30 times a day, with blood and mucous. This isn’t true, although I have no doubt it’s what the State thought, the mother was told and believed. He was one of the many firefighters who died as a result of acute radiation sickness following the disaster. Ignatenko was summoned to the blaze but suffered severe poisoning from the radiation which was released into the atmosphere. IMDb's advanced search allows you to run extremely powerful queries over all people and titles in the database. Chernobyl is the gripping new HBO drama people are rating higher than Game of Thrones. The death toll from the explosion is widely disputed, but listed as 4,000 by the United Nations. She claimed she had not been consulted and was left feeling 'hurt and uneasy' by the series. 'Of course I thought it was fake, some sort of fraud,' she said, saying that the Russia-Ukraine conflict had added to her suspicion. Vasily Ivanovich Ignatenko was born on 13th March, in the Brahin District of the Gomel Region of the Byelorussian SSR. He died two weeks later. Lyudmila said she had only seen a few snippets of the series on Ukrainian TV. Don't even get near him. Lyudmila Ignatenko had been pregnant at the time, and was with her husband as … "'If you start crying, I'll kick you out right away. Two months later, she went into labour but the baby survived only a few hours. In the early morning hours of April 26, 1986, a safety test at the Chernobyl Nucelar power plant in the Ukraine went awry when a sudden power surge occurred. Today, the death toll from Chernobyl is still unknown. 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. Lyudmilla was an infection threat to Vasily, not vice versa. In her husband's last days, Lyudmilla was completely unaware of the threat her husband could have on herself and their unborn child. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2005/apr/25/energy.ukraine "The burns started to come to the surface. “Every day I met a brand-new person,” she told Ukrainian journalist Svetlana Alexievitch for her book Voices from Chernobyl. She went through a heartbreaking experience where she saw her husband for two weeks dying in agony. Radiation levels in the region are still too high for humans to live in, but some wildlife has returned to the area. He became covered with boils. ', Dramatisation: Lyudmila was by her husband's bedside in hospital, in a scene depicted in the HBO series which was released earlier this year (above), Depicted: Lyudmila looks at her dramatised self in the HBO series. Vasily and Lyudmila Ignatenko. 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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. Up to 350,000 people were not evacuated from the surrounding areas for 36 hours after the initial explosion. In addition, more than five million have lived in radiated land around the area in the 33 years since. She said she received a call from Moscow after the series had already been filmed, offering her $3,000 because she was featured in the show. Lyudmila Ignatenko was the wife of Vasily Ignatenko , a firefighter. Farm Heroes Saga, the #4 Game on iTunes. Proof the Pfizer Covid vaccine works in the real world? Even after his death, his body still posed a major radioactive threat. Ignatenko and her husband were newlyweds when he died in 1986. https://www.mamamia.com.au/lyudmilla-ignatenko-chernobyl-pregnancy We didn't know anything about radiation then. In just 24 hours, the 25-year-old had become completely unrecognisable. She attended the hospital daily to take care of him and … The reason they could not touch wasn’t because Vasily was radioactive but because his immune system was destroyed. Fourteen days. At eight I say: "Vasenka, I'm going for a little walk." She was pregnant at the time and ignored the hospital's orders to stay away from her beloved, so when she gave birth some months later the baby died soon after birth, being diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver and congenital heart disease. They had been married in 1958. In the new HBO series, Chernobyl, the rapid decline of Vasily’s health is depicted in gruesome detail. And it's all so very mine!". 'He stood up and gave me three carnations from underneath his pillow. Over the next few weeks, as she visited him in his hospital bed, Lyudmilla watched her young husband rapidly deteriorate. "The only thing that saved me was [that] it happened so fast," Lyudmilla said. A few years later Ludmila gave birth to a son - as they say, for herself. Please sign in to contribute to the Mamamia Community. About suicide, although at times it became unbearably hard for her, there was not even a thought. Adam Nagaitis played Vasily Ignatenko, the firefighter who was first on the scene to put out the blaze on the roof. Play it now. He was the third child of Tatiana Petrovna Ignatenko and Ivan Tarasovish Ignatenko. Vasily Ignatenko was one of the many first responders who passed away following complications from exposure to radiation. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. They were the last flowers he brought me,' the real-life Lyudmila recalls. 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. "There wasn't any time to think, there wasn't any time to cry. 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Lyudmila, wife of the firefighter Vasily Ignatenko, faced a heartbreaking two weeks watching her husband die in agony. 'I shall remember until the end of my life how we stood by the window together. I thought my baby was safe inside me. 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. You have half an hour,'" she recalled the doctor saying. 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. But when Lyudmilla finally reunited with her husband in a Moscow hospital, she knew something was terribly wrong. She has never remarried since Vasily died, but did later raise a healthy child. Here's five of the best TV shows to watch on Foxtel now that Game of Thrones is over. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. After meeting with her husband for the first time, Lyudmilla, who was pregnant, was told by doctors that she could not touch Vasily. No one Here are 4 things you didn't know. “They [the firefighters] weren’t wearing their canvas gear. In the weeks that followed, more than 100 people, the majority being firefighters who were first on the scene, developed acute radiation syndrome. His skin started cracking on his arms and legs. We didn't know this was the last time we would share a romantic moment.'. ⓘ Vasily Ignatenko. They went off just as they were, in their shirt sleeves. Post continues after video. But just four hours after their daughter, Natashenka, was born, the infant died. Lyudmila Ignatenko was pregnant in 1986 when her firefighter husband was among the first-responders to the infamous Ukraine nuclear disaster. So according to this article only 31 people died because of Chernobyl ? She was pregnant, … Ignatenko had an older sister, Lyudmilla, a younger brother, Nikolai, and a younger sister, Natasha. His wife, Lyudmilla Ignatenko, exposed herself to radiation, not understanding the danger she was putting herself in. Find exactly what you're looking for! 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