Mykola Mykolayovych Melnyk (Ukrainian: Микола Миколайович Мельник; born December 17, 1953), also known as Nikolai Melnik (Russian: Николай Николаевич Мельник) is a Ukrainian (previously Soviet) pilot and liquidator hero renowned for his high-risk helicopter mission on the dangerously-radioactive Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant building immediately after the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.
For this operation, he was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
| Mykola Melnyk in 2005 | |
Read more about Nikolai Melnik: Early Life, Pilot Career, Chernobyl Liquidator Mission, Subsequent Aviation Career