danger of radiation exposure to others, although this was unknown at the time of the disaster. Legacy Vasily Ignatenko was awarded the Soviet Order of the Red Banner posthumously in 1986. In 2006, he was posthumously awarded the title of the Hero of Ukraine, the highest national award in the country, along with the Ukrainian Order for Courage. Several monuments have been erected in his honor, including in Berezino and his home district of Brahin, where a museum exhibit has also been dedicated to him. There are streets named in his honor in Minsk and Berezino. In popular culture Ignatenko's wife, Lyudmilla Ignatenko, provided an account reflecting on her husband's death to Belorussian author Svetlana Alexievich for her 1997 book Voices From Chernobyl. This story was adapted for use in streaming service HBO's 2019 miniseries Chernobyl (where Ignatenko and his wife were portrayed by Adam Nagaitis and Jessie Buckley respectively) and the subject of Ljudmilas Röst, a 2001 documentary film by Gunnar Bergdahl. Awards See also Individual involvement in the Chernobyl disaster References General sources Further reading 1961 births 1986 deaths People from Brahin District Chernobyl liquidators Recipients of the Order of Gold Star (Ukraine) Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner Ukrainian firefighters Soviet firefighters Victims of radiological poisoning