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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.
One of the first to grasp the scale of the catastrophe, Valery Legasov was on hand to mitigate the consequences. His decisions helped save millions of lives, but he paid the ultimate price. A...
Jun 4, 2019 · The one noticeable mistake in this respect concerns the series makers’ apparent ignorance of the vast divisions between different socioeconomic classes in the Soviet Union: in the series, Valery...
Jun 3, 2019 · Valery Legasov was in charge of investigating the April 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster. He then killed himself on the two-year anniversary. Despite receiving worldwide praise for his candor in handling the disaster, he was nonetheless criticized and ostracized by his Soviet peers.
Apr 26, 2019 · Valery Legasov, Nuclear Energy Institute First Deputy Director (right), was active investigation expert of the Chernobyl nuclear plant disaster.
Jun 6, 2019 · 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.
Apr 29, 2022 · Valery legasov was a nuclear physicist. He was appointed by the Soviet Government to investigate the Chernobyl disaster less than 24 hours after it occurred. Legasov was the one who pushed for honesty and evacuation of the town of Pripyat, at a time Soviet officials were trying to cover up the causes of the disaster.
