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Valery Legasov, Soviet inorganic chemist, chief of the commission investigating the Chernobyl disaster (died 1988)

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Valery Legasov

Soviet chemist (1936–1988)

Valery Alekseyevich Legasov 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…
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September 1

Day of the year

September 1 is the 244th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 121 days remain until the end of the year.
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