Valery Alekseyevich Legasov was a prominent Soviet chemist and a key figure in the response to the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, which occurred in April 1986. He was born on September 1, 1936, and passed away on April 27, 1988. Legasov played a critical role in investigating the causes of the disaster and in the development of responses to mitigate its aftermath.
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