Age — 52; Russia, Moscow.

Svetlana Vitalyevna Kirichenko was born on April 8th, 1950, and was intelligent and energetic in life. At 52 she was still an elegantly beautiful woman.

Accursed fate ordered that her work colleagues talk her into going to the ill-fated musical, 'Nord-Ost'. She had not wanted to, and on the way to Dubrovka she accidentally missed the subway stop for Dubrovka, and suggested just tossing away the tickets and leaving. But they talked her out of that.

She was a strong person. She inspiring other hostages through her confidence in a happy ending, and calmed them. She negotiated with the terrorists and convinced them to take the coat check receipts from the wardrobe and bring some of the freezing hostages their coats. She had some water, and when the gas started entering the hall, as a chemical engineer she knew what was up and what she needed to do. She tore up some handkerchiefs, moistened them, and handed them out to those around her, explaining that they needed to cover their mouth and nose. For five or six minutes, while she was still standing, she was able to make a few dozen of these masks. Because of this extra exertion, she took in more of the toxic gas than those sitting peacefully in their seats. All around her survived, but the doctors could not save her.

They buried her at the Moscow Hovansky cemetery on October 30th.

Svetlana! Wherever you are now, give us your courage!

We will not forget you. We are proud that you were our comrade. Farewell!


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3. Образ Светланы Written by Владимир , on 23-10-2012 10:00 После происшешего ужаса от событий в Норд-Осте я был в шоке. Гибель Светланы очень сильно ударила меня. Я со Светланой работал вместе в Минтопэнерго России. Сидели с ней в одном кабинете. вместе решали рабочие вопросы. Вместе радовались ярким событиям. Помню ее, как легкую на подъем, открытую, жизнерадостную. В память о ней у меня остались китайские шарики, которые она мне подарали на день рождения. Желаю ее сыну удачи в жизни. Прошу дать мне информацию, где Светлана похоронена на Хованском кладбище. Я там бываю. Report

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