Nikolai Tarakanov

Tarakanov was born in the village of Gremyachye (now - Khokholsky District, Voronezh Oblast) to a large peasant family. His father was Dmitry Tikhonovich Tarakanov, a veteran of the Russian Civil War, Winter War and World War II, and his mother was Natalia Vasilyevna. In 1963, he graduated from the Kharkov Automobile and Highway Institute with a degree in mechanical engineering. He served in Saratov as a regimental engineer. In 1967, he became a teacher at the Moscow Military School of Civil Defense. In 1972, he graduated from the adjuncture of the Kuibyshev Military Engineering Academy in Moscow. ==Career==

Tarakanov served as a senior specialist in the Military Technical Committee of the USSR Civil Defense Forces, then in the All-Union Scientific Research Institute of Civil Defense (including as First Deputy Chief of the institute), Deputy Chief of the Civil Defense Staff of the RSFSR. Family Tarakanov married Zoya Ivanovna, a doctor. They had a daughter, Yelena, who became a doctor. == Awards ==

• Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" • Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR" III degree (1975), II degree (1987) • Order of the Red Star (1982) • Order of the Badge of Honour (1988) • Order of Friendship (1995) • Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR" • Jubilee medals "40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR", "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR", "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR", "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR", "60 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", • Medal "For Impeccable Service" 1, 2 and 3 degrees • Medal "75 Years of Civil Defense" Public awards • Order "For the Salvation of Life on Earth" (on the green ribbon) • Order "Pride of Russia" (on a red ribbon) • Order "For Service to the Fatherland" III and I degree (on tape) • Order of "Civil Valor" • Order "Defenders of the Fatherland" (white) • Freeman (Order of the silver star "Public recognition") • Order of Merit (Order of the Minister of Emergency Situations Shoigu) • The gold medal of the winner of the M.A. Sholokhov International Literary Prize • Sergey Yesenin's gold medal • Gold Medal "Honorary Lawyer" • Gold Medal "Winner of the Chernobyl Star Literary Award" Medals For Loyalty to the Fatherland, Peacemaker, Russian Land, Medal Bunin, Silver Medal of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, For merits in the revival of the nation to them. Peter the Great, 20 years of the Chernobyl disaster, For loyalty to duty, For merits in the field of veterinary medicine, George Zhukov, 55 years of the Moscow city writers' organization, Afghanistan 40th Army, Medal. Roentgen (Germany). == In popular culture ==

In the HBO television series Chernobyl, Tarakanov is played by the English actor Ralph Ineson. Tarakanov praised the series, calling it “brilliant work”, and also spoke highly of the portrayal by the British actor who played him in the series. == Publications ==

Source – NNB Electronic Catalogs Scientific articles • Maksimov, M. T., Tarakanov, N. D., Experience of Using Technical Means and Methods for Managing the Consequences of the Accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant / Ed. ed. V.L. Govorova . - M.: stroiizdat, 1990. - 137 p. • Tarakanov N. D. Complex mechanization of rescue and emergency rescue and recovery operations. - M.: Energoatomizdat, 1984. - 304 p. - (Civil Defense of the USSR). Books • Tarakanov N. D. Two tragedies of the XX century. [The explosion of the nuclei. reactor at Chernobyl. NPP and the Spitak earthquake]: Dokum. to lead - M.: Owls. writer, 1992. - 431 p. - • Tarakanov N. D. Living memory. reflections on time and on human destiny ... / comp. A. Pekarsky. - Ed. 2nd, add. [and pre.]. - M.: Voenizdat Branch, 2006. - 488 p. - • Tarakanov N. D. Notes of the Russian General. Fav. works: In 3 tons. - M.: 4th fil. Military Publishing, 1998. • Vol. 1: Hell's End • Vol. 2: Coffins on the shoulders • Vol. 3: The Abyss • Tarakanov N. D. Notes of the Russian General. [selected works]. - M.: Branch of Voenizdat, 2007. • Vol. 1: Hell's End • Vol. 2: And the Earth opened up • Vol. 3: The Catcher in the Lie ... • N. D. Tarakanov. And the two destinies became one fate ...: a literary collection of arts. - M.: Voenizdat branch, 2008. - 175 p. - • Tarakanov N. D. When the mountains cry. - M.: Dignity, 2014. - 294 p. - • Tarakanov N. D. Hope of Russia. - M.: B.i., 2004. - 472 p. - BBK Ш6 (2 = Р) 75–491 • Tarakanov N. D. Under the constellation of the Bull. Field. meditations. - M.: Inter-Libra, 2003. - 279 p. - (err.) • N. D. Tarakanov. Break: [Earthquake in Armenia, 7 Dec. 1988]. - M.: Military Publishing, 1991. - 192 p. - • Tarakanov N. D. Russian knot. Prince thinking - 2nd ed., [Add.]. - M.: Military Publishing, 2002. - 615 p. - • Tarakanov N. D. Chernobyl notes, or Reflections on morality. - M.: Military Publishing, 1989. - 208 p. - • Tskhinval: a chronicle of Georgian aggression. documentary collection / under total. ed. N. D. Tarakanova. - Ed. 2nd, add. - M.: Presidential Club "Trust", 2009. - 272 p. - • "Chernobyl Signal"; "The dead judge the living"; "The dead are not silent"; “At the turn of the millennium. Fracture "; "Fracture"; "Graphite"; "Soldiers of the Fatherland"; “Vivat to President Putin!”; "President Putin in the new version"; "Sonkino Lake" Television appearances • Air Force TV program • Chernobyl: Chronicle of Silence • Good Morning (with Arina Sharapova, Larisa Verbitskaya) • Evening Voronezh (1992) • Go!, Klass! TV (commissioned by ORT, 1997) • Hero of the Day with Svetlana Sorokina (NTV, 1998) • Witness of the Century (NTV, 2000) • Forgive with Andrey Rasbash (Channel One, 2005) • Church and Peace (June 21, 2014) • Male and Female (ORT - Channel 1, February 20, 2015) == References ==