Order For Courage

Awards of the President of Ukraine For Courage

Medals, star and ribbons of the Order For Courage

Awardees

• Viktor Gurniak - Ukrainian scout, photographer, volunteer killed in the Russian-Ukrainian War.
• Aleksandr Akimov - Engineer and shift supervisor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant who worked tirelessly unto his death to mitigate the safety risks posed by the Chernobyl disaster.
• Leonid Toptunov - In the control room at the reactor control panel at the moment of explosion, with Akimov; received fatal dose during attempts to restart feedwater flow into the reactor
• Valery Khodemchuk - Engineer who was the night shift circulating pump operator at the Chernobyl power plant and was the first victim of Chernobyl disaster
• Yuri A. Vershynin - - In the turbine hall at the moment of explosion; received fatal dose during firefighting and stabilizing the turbine hall, died in a Moscow hospital
• Anatoly I. Shapovalov - Electrician during the Chernobyl disaster.
• Viktor V. Proskuryakov - Present in the control room at the moment of explosion; received fatal dose of radiation while attempting to enter the reactor hall to manually lower the control rods during the Chernobyl disaster
• Valery I. Perevozchenko - Foreman during the Chernobyl disaster. Received fatal dose of radiation during attempt to locate and rescue Khodemchuk and others, approached the reactor hall together with Kudryavtsev and Proskuryakov
• Oleksandr V. Novyk - Turbine equipment machinist-inspector during Chernobyl disaster Received fatal dosage of more than 1,000 rad during firefighting and stabilizing the turbine hall.