Background
Legasov, Valerii was born in 1936.
Legasov, Valerii was born in 1936.
First scientist to visit Chernobyl hours after the explosion and fire which devastated one of the reactors.
Held a senior position at the Kurchatov Atomic Institute. Professor and leading member of the Academy of Sciences. Gave an honest report of the Chernobyl situation to enquiries from foreign nuclear scientists.
Soviet scientific circles believe that his premature death was caused by his exposure to dangerous levels of radiation but this is not admitted officially.
Religion gets people to believe something untrue.
Marxism–Leninism as the only truth could not, by its very nature, become outdated.