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Valery Legasov
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Soviet nuclear chemist, chief of the commission investigating the Chernobyl disaster (1936-1988)
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1936-09-01 ) 1 September 1936, Tula , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union
- Died
- 27 April 1988 (1988-04-27) (aged 51) , Moscow , Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
- Cause of death
- Suicide by hanging
- Resting place
- Novodevichy Cemetery , Moscow, Russia
- Alma mater
- Moscow D. Mendeleev Institute of Chemical Technology
- Known for
- Efforts to contain the 1986 Chernobyl disaster and presenting the findings of the investigative commission as chief scientific advisor
- Spouse
- Margarita Mikhailovna
- Awards
- Order of Lenin , Order of the Red Banner of Labour , Hero of the Russian Federation (posthumous)
- Fields
- Inorganic chemistry
- Institutions
- I. V. Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy , Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology , Moscow State University
- Doctoral advisor
- Isaak Kikoin
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Valery
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union
- Place of birth
- Tula
- Place of death
- Moscow
- Occupation
- Chernobyl liquidator
- Political party
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Doctoral advisor
- Isaak Kikoin
- Field of work
- inorganic chemistry
- Image
- Valery Legasov — IAEA 02790039 (5612537521).jpg
- Number of children
- 1
- Work location
- Soviet Union
- Significant event
- Chernobyl disaster
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- place of burial
- Novodevichy Cemetery
- date of birth
- 1936-09-01
- date of death
- 1988-04-27
- manner of death
- Suicide
- member of
- Academy of Sciences of the USSR
- Commons category
- Valery Legasov
- name in native language
- Валерий Алексеевич Легасов
- cause of death
- hanging to death
- ethnic group
- Russians
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Encyclopedic overview
Valery Alekseyevich Legasov (Russian: Валерий Алексеевич Легасов; 1 September 1936 – 27 April 1988) was a Soviet inorganic chemist, professor at Moscow State University, first deputy director of the Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, and a member of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union.
He is best known for his efforts to contain the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. In August 1986, Legasov presented the findings of an investigation to the International Atomic Energy Agency at the United Nations Office at Vienna, detailing the actions and circumstances that led to the explosion in Chernobyl but neglecting to mention some of the RBMK reactor's design flaws.
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