Boris Baranov
Boris Baranov | |
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| Борис Баранов | |
Grave of Baranov and his daughter, Anya. | |
| Born | 11 November 1940 Sozinovy, Kirov Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 6 April 2005 (aged 64) Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Burial place | Lisove Cemetery, Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Alma mater | Ukrainian Engineering Pedagogics Academy |
| Children | 2 |
| Awards | Hero of Ukraine |
Boris Aleksandrovich Baranov (Russian: Борис Александрович Баранов; Ukrainian: Борис Олександрович Баранов, romanized: Borys Oleksandrovych Baranov; 11 November 1940 — 6 April 2005) was an engineer at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant and a Chernobyl liquidator. As a liquidator, he and two others were sent to drain the steam suppression pools under the fourth reactor building, thus preventing the reactor from exploding.
Baranov lived almost 20 years after the Chernobyl disaster, passing away due to a heart attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, on 6 April 2005, aged 64. In 2019, he was posthumously awarded the title Hero of Ukraine.