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8 people

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Ivan Moiseevich Tretyak Иван Моисеевич Третьяк Soviet air defence chief who ordered the KAL 007 shootdown Military command · Soviet Union 1923–2007
Anatoly Ivanovich Mayorets Анатолий Иванович Майорец The last Soviet energy minister sent into the Chernobyl disaster zone Industry and production · Soviet Union 1929–2016
Leonid Makarovych Kravchuk Леонід Макарович Кравчук The communist propagandist who became Ukraine's first president and signed the Soviet Union out of existence Legislature and state representation · Soviet Union 1934–2022
Valentyna Semenivna Shevchenko Валентина Семенівна Шевченко Ukrainian SSR head of state during Chernobyl who pushed the evacuation of 526,000 children from Kyiv against Moscow's resistance Legislature and state representation · Soviet Union 1935–2020
Nikolai Mikhailovich Golushko Николай Михайлович Голушко The last chairman of the KGB of the Ukrainian SSR, who went on to serve the security services of three states: USSR, Ukraine, and Russia Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1937–2025
Konstantin Ivanovich Kobets Константин Иванович Кобец The highest-ranking general who sided with Yeltsin during the August coup, commanding the White House defense Military command · Soviet Union 1939–2012
Nikolai Nikolayevich Gubenko Николай Николаевич Губенко The last Soviet culture minister Literature and arts · Soviet Union 1941–2020
Volodymyr Pavlovych Pravyk Володимир Павлович Правик The first firefighter at Chernobyl, who climbed onto the roof of Unit 3 without being told of the radioactive danger Science and technology · Soviet Union 1962–1986