# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/valery-khodemchuk
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:52:35.145Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/valery-khodemchuk"
name: "Valery Khodemchuk"
slug: "valery-khodemchuk"
description: "Valery Ilyich Khodemchuk was a Soviet engineer who was the night shift circulating pump operator at the Chernobyl power plant, and the first casualty of the Chernobyl disaster."
tagline: "Chernobyl pump operator, the first casualty of the incident on April 26th, 1986."
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Valery_Hodemchuk.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1951-03-24"
deathDate: "1986-04-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.03
  momentum:             1.25587094139269
  historical:           13.70805866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "瓦列里·霍杰姆丘克"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "فاليري خودمتشوك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valery_Khodemchuk"
    title: "Valery Khodemchuk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valeri_Jodemchuk"
    title: "Valeri Jodemchuk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valeriy_Khodemtchouk"
    title: "Valeriy Khodemtchouk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%A8%D7%99_%D7%97%D7%95%D7%93%D7%9E%D7%A6'%D7%95%D7%A7"
    title: "ולרי חודמצ'וק"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerij_Illics_Hodemcsuk"
    title: "Valerij Illics Hodemcsuk"
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    title: "Վալերի Խոդեմչուկ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Valery Khodemchuk"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Valerij Hodemčuk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valeri_Hodem%C3%A7uk"
    title: "Valeri Hodemçuk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BC%D1%87%D1%83%D0%BA_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%96%D0%B9_%D0%86%D0%BB%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%87"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump