Indiatimes: Quote of the day by Valery Legasov: 'Every lie we tell incurs a debt to the truth. Sooner or later, that debt is paid' and how continuous deception led to the Chernobyl ...
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Valery Legasov
Valery Alekseyevich Legasov was a Soviet 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.
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science · Former Soviet inorganic chemist and member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1936–1988) · chemist · university teacher · physicist · Chernobyl liquidator · also Valery Legasov, Valery Alexeyevich Legasov, Valeri Alekseevich Legasov, Valery Alekseyevich Legasov, Legasov
Born 1 September 1936 · Died 27 April 1988 · Q377461
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Daily Express: Chernobyl explained: Is Valery Legasov accurately depicted?
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2019· 4 entries
Daily Express: Chernobyl explained: Is Valery Legasov accurately depicted?
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Comicbook.com: HBO’s Chernobyl Star Jared Harris on the Challenges of Playing Valery Legasov
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Bustle: Valery Legasov Was Haunted By What Happened At Chernobyl — And His Memoirs Explain Why
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The Cheat Sheet: ‘Chernobyl’: Jared Harris Reveals Why It Was Hard to Get Valery Legasov’s Work to Prepare for His Role
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2016· 1 entry
A bust and a commemorative plaque were installed on the wall of Valery Legasov's home in Tula
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1988· 1 entry
Died 1988-04-27.
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1983· 1 entry
Became the first deputy director for scientific work of the Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy
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1981· 1 entry
Became a full member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, in the Department of Physical Chemistry and Technology of Inorganic Materials
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1976· 1 entry
Legasov was elected as a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union
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1967· 1 entry
Defended his thesis at the Kurchatov Institute, under the supervisor Isaak Kikoin, on the synthesis of compounds of noble gases and the study of their properties
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1962· 1 entry
Joined the graduate school in the Department of Molecular Physics of the Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, first as a junior then senior researcher, and finally as head of the laboratory
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1961· 2 entries
Graduated from the Faculty of Physicochemical Engineering at the Mendeleev Moscow Institute of Chemistry and Technology, where he learned how nuclear fuel is processed, handled and disposed of
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Studied at D. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia, bachelor's degree (1961).
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1936· 1 entry
Born 1936-09-01.
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