# Valery Legasov

> The Soviet chemist who stood before the world to explain Chernobyl — then took his own life two years later, undone by radiation and a system that wouldn't reform.

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

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Born:** 1936-09-01
- **Died:** 1988-04-26
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Valery Alekseyevich Legasov was an 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. Born 1 September 1936, he spent his career in the upper ranks of Soviet science until April 1986 thrust him into the center of catastrophe: containing the Chernobyl disaster. That August he presented the investigation's findings to the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, detailing the actions and circumstances that caused the explosion while leaving out certain design flaws in the RBMK reactor itself. His health deteriorated from radiation exposure, and his efforts to reform Soviet academic chemistry met only resistance. On 27 April 1988, exactly two years after the disaster began, he died by suicide.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 62.4 / 100
- **Momentum:** 5.2 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 26.5 / 100
- **Now attention:** 18.8 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Topics
#Scientists, #Scientist, #Chemistry, #Physics, #20th Century

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valery_Legasov)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q377461)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Valery%20Legasov)
- [Valeri Leqasov](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valeri_Leqasov)
- [Валеры Лягасаў](https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%8B_%D0%9B%D1%8F%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%9E)
- [Валерий Легасов](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B2)
- [Valeri Legàssov](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valeri_Leg%C3%A0ssov)
- [Valerij Legasov](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerij_Legasov)
- [Waleri Alexejewitsch Legassow](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waleri_Alexejewitsch_Legassow)
- [Βαλέρι Λεγκάσοφ](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%AD%CF%81%CE%B9_%CE%9B%CE%B5%CE%B3%CE%BA%CE%AC%CF%83%CE%BF%CF%86)
- [Valeri Legásov](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valeri_Leg%C3%A1sov)
- [Valeri Legassov](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valeri_Legassov)
- [Valeri Legasov](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valeri_Legasov)
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- [Valeri Legasov](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valeri_Legasov)
- [Valeri Legassov](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valeri_Legassov)
- [ואלרי לגאסוב](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%A8%D7%99_%D7%9C%D7%92%D7%90%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%91)
- [Valerij Alekszejevics Legaszov](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerij_Alekszejevics_Legaszov)
- [Վալերի Լեգասով](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8E%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%AB_%D4%BC%D5%A5%D5%A3%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%B8%D5%BE)
- [Valery Legasov](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valery_Legasov)
- [Valerij Alekseevič Legasov](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerij_Alekseevi%C4%8D_Legasov)
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- [Valerijus Legasovas](https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerijus_Legasovas)
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Valerij_Alekseevi%C4%8D_Legasov)
- [Wikiquote](https://tr.wikiquote.org/wiki/Valeri_Legasov)
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