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Valery Legasov

Valery Alexeyevich Legasov

Soviet nuclear chemist, chief of the commission investigating the Chernobyl disaster (1936-1988).

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Place of Burial

Novodevichy Cemetery

Occupation

Chemist
University Teacher
Physicist
Chernobyl Liquidator

Instance Of

Human

Date of Birth

9/1/1936

Date of Death

4/27/1988

Place of Birth

Tula
Located in the Administrative Territorial Entity
:
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Country
:
Soviet Union

Place of Death

Moscow
Located in the Administrative Territorial Entity
:
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Country
:
Soviet Union

Award Received

USSR State Prize
Order of Lenin
Order of the October Revolution
Hero of the Russian Federation
Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Lenin Prize
Medal "For Labour Valour"

Country of Citizenship

Soviet Union

Manner of Death

Suicide

Member Of

Academy of Sciences of the USSR
 (1981 - )
Start Time
: 1981

Given Name

Valery

Educated At

D. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia
 ( - 1961)
End Time
: 1961

Employer

National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute
 (1962 - 1988)
Start Time
: 1962
End Time
: 1988
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
MSU Faculty of Chemistry
Lomonosov Moscow State University

Field of Work

Nuclear Chemistry
Inorganic Chemistry

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

Russian

Member of Political Party

Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Name in Native Language

Валерий Алексеевич Легасов

Significant Event

Chernobyl Disaster

Cause of Death

Hanging to Death

Sex or Gender

Male

Ethnic Group

Russians
Reason for Deprecated Rank
:
Source Known to Be Unreliable

Work Location

Soviet Union

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Doctoral Advisor

Isaak Kikoin

Different From

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Described by Source

Faces of Moscow

Number of Children

1
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Academic Degree
:
Bachelor's Degree