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Vasily Ignatenko
Soviet firefighter who responded to the chernobyl disaster.
Born March 13th, 1961 in Spiaryžža.
Died May 13th, 1986 at 25 years old in Moscow (radiation syndrome).
Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon