The memory of liquidators of Chernobyl catastrophe was honored in Kherson

   On April 26, 2012 a solemn ceremony of putting flowers on the memorial for the victims of Chernobyl catastrophe was held in the park of Lenin Komsomol in Kherson. Citizens of Kherson, Kostyak Nikolay Mihaylovich, the head of the Regional state administration, Saldo Vladimir Vasilievich, representatives of public Chernobyl organizations, companies, state institutions, charity funds and public organizations took part in the event. Ustin Maltsev, the head of the Charity fund, came also to honor the memory of the perished.
   "Chernobyl catastrophe became national tragedy and occupies a special place in the history of our country. The accident happened in the time of peace and many people came at that moment to the defense of the country, giving their health and their lives", - said Kostyak Nikolay Mihaylovich, the head of Kherson regional administration.

   Vladimir Saldo, the head of our town, said that hundreds of people gave their lives when saving from the effects of the accident at Chernobyl nuclear power plant not only Ukraine but also Belorussia, Russia... Kherson people did not only took part in localizing effects of the explosion but also accepted Chernobyl people in their land, provided necessary help. On April 26 citizens of almost all cities in Ukraine will gather at the requiem meeting. Neighboring countries also mark this date. It means that there is no such a person who is not grateful to the people whose memory we honor today.
   "Our society must take lessons from this tragedy. All new scientific and technical innovations have to be aimed first of all at the safety of ecology and society in general. We must remember, honor and convey the memory of the people who saved our land and planet from ecological catastrophe. Low bias and everlasting memory to all the heroes of our Motherland!", - this is how Ustin Maltsev, the head of the charity fund, expressed his position.
    Information. On April 26, 1986 the most destroying accident in the history of nuclear power engineering happened in the North of Ukraine. All citizens of Ukraine and USSR took part in the liquidation of effects of this tragedy. The number of people who were affected by this accident and who lived here at the moment of putting the monument was 8973 persons, including 2381 children.
About 3,5 thousand people were liquidated to Kherson lands from the area of radioactive contamination. About 2962 Kherson people volunteered to take part in the liquidation of terrible effects of the accident, of those 304 persons died.