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Valery Alekseyevich Legasov (Russian: Валерий Алексеевич Легасов; 1 September 1936 – 27 April 1988) was a Soviet inorganic chemist and a member of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union. He is primarily known for his efforts to contain the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.
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- Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow, Russia
June 04 2019. Ksenia Zubacheva. Legion Media, Igor Kostin/Sputnik. Follow Russia Beyond on Instagram. One of the first to grasp the scale of the catastrophe, Valery Legasov was on hand to...
Jun 3, 2019 · Published June 3, 2019. Updated February 20, 2024. Valery Legasov was a respected chemist who led the investigation behind what caused the meltdown at Chernobyl. Two years later, he ended his own life unexpectedly. Soviet nuclear physicist Valery Legasov led the commission that investigated the Chernobyl catastrophe.
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- Viktor Brukhanov. Director of the Chernobyl Atomic Energy Station. Viktor Brukhanov at a sitting of the USSR Supreme Court, 1987. Viktor Brukhanov had devoted most of his adult life to the communist dream of bringing electricity to the USSR.
- Anatoly Dyatlov. Deputy chief engineer for operations at the Chernobyl Atomic Energy Station. Anatoly Dyatlov (seated, leaning forward) is among six defendants attending trial for their role in the Chernobyl disaster.
- Leonid Toptunov. Senior Reactor Control Engineer, Fifth Shift, Reactor No. 4. Vera Toptunova, the mother of Leonid Toptunov, who was a senior reactor control engineer at the Reactor No. 4 of the Chernobyl nuclear plant when it exploded on April 26, 1986, mourns over his grave at Mitino cemetery in Moscow.
- Valery Legasov. First deputy director of the Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow. Valery Legasov, Nuclear Energy Institute First Deputy Director (right), was active investigation expert of the Chernobyl nuclear plant disaster.
Jul 3, 2019 · Valery Legasov was ostracised by the government for his speaking out about the dangers of the RBMK-type reactors and denied reappointment to the Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy....
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Apr 30, 1988 · Valery A. Legasov, a physical chemist who headed the commission that investigated the Chernobyl nuclear power accident, died on Wednesday, Soviet media announced today. He was 51 years old....
Jun 6, 2019 · Winning particular attention in the miniseries is the role of Soviet scientist Valery Legasov, portrayed by Jared Harris. Valery Legasov was an inorganic chemist specializing in noble gases and became a key member of the Soviet government’s investigation into the Chernobyl disaster less than 24 hours after it occurred.
