Valery Legasov

Valery Alekseyevich Legasov (; 1 September 1936 – 27 April 1988) was a Soviet inorganic chemist and a member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. He is known for his work as the chief of the commission investigating the Chernobyl disaster.

Legasov hung himself at his Moscow apartment on 27 April 1988, aged 51.

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Category:1936 births
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Category:Soviet scientists
Category:Russian chemists
Category:Suicides by hanging