Valeriy

Valeriy

Petrovich
Derkach
  • liquidator

Birth date: 

08.10.1960

Place of Birth: 

Place of residence: 

Bohodukhov, Kharkov region, Ukraine

Professional activity: 

Chairman of the Bogodukhov District Public Organization "Chernobyl Union of Bogodukhovshchina"

Time spent in the Chernobyl Zone: 

01.08.1986 - 30.08.1986

Activities at the Chernobyl Zone: 

Repair of wheeled vehicles
This unit's function was to repair machinery which could not be evacuated from the 30 mile zone – either for technical reasons, or because of heavy contamination. And, you know, one had to dismantle and replace rear axles, engines, gear boxes right where they were . Which means, in the dust and in the dirt, and in the snow – without a ram, without a pit and without a lifter winch...