Back فاليري ليجاسوف Arabic فاليرى ليجاسوف ARZ Valeri Leqasov Azerbaijani Валеры Лягасаў BE-X-OLD Валерий Легасов Bulgarian Valeri Legàssov Catalan Valerij Legasov Czech Waleri Alexejewitsch Legassow German Βαλέρι Λεγκάσοφ Greek Valeri Legásov Spanish
Valery Legasov | |
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Валерий Легасов | |
.jpg) Legasov, c. 1986 | |
| Born | 1 September 1936 |
| Died | 27 April 1988 (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 |
| Children | 2[1] |
| Awards |  Order of Lenin Order of the Red Banner of Labour Hero of the Russian Federation (posthumous) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Inorganic chemistry |
| Institutions | I. V. Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology Moscow State University |
| Doctoral advisor | Isaak Kikoin |
| Chernobyl disaster |
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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. Legasov also 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 of Reactor No. 4 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.
- ^ Higginbotham, Adam (2019). Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster. New York: Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-5011-3461-6.