Press conference of L.P. Telyatnikov in Moscow

USSR. Moscow. Hero of the Soviet Union, former head of the paramilitary fire department No. 2 for the protection of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Lieutenant Colonel of the Internal Service Leonid Petrovich Telyatnikov, awarded the "Honored Worker of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs" badge for heroism shown in extinguishing the fire during the accident at the V. I. Lenin Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, head of the Main Fire Department of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs Anatoly Kuzmich Mikeyev and Minister of Internal Affairs of the USSR Aleksandr Vladimirovich Vlasov (left to right) during the award ceremony. Viktor Budan/TASS