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Evgeny Pavlovich Velikhov Евгений Павлович Велихов Soviet physicist who linked fusion science, Chernobyl, and nuclear disarmament Science and technology · Soviet Union 1935–2024
Valery Alekseyevich Legasov Валерий Алексеевич Легасов The Kurchatov chemist who led science at Chernobyl, then left the full truth on tapes before hanging himself Science and technology · Soviet Union 1936–1988
Irina Bayanovna Solovyova Ирина Баяновна Соловьёва Tereshkova's backup cosmonaut, the physically strongest candidate Kamanin judged too reserved for the spotlight Science and technology · Soviet Union 1937–
Nikolai Maximovich Fomin Николай Максимович Фомин The chief engineer who refused to believe the reactor was destroyed and kept pumping water into its ruins Science and technology · Soviet Union 1937–
Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova Валентина Владимировна Терешкова The textile-worker 'Chaika,' first woman in space Science and technology · Soviet Union 1937–
Aleksandr Fyodorovich Akimov Александр Фёдорович Акимов Soviet nuclear engineer and Unit 4 shift supervisor who directed the response and died of radiation exposure Science and technology · Soviet Union 1953–1986
Leonid Fedorovych Toptunov Леонид Фёдорович Топтунов The 25-year-old senior reactor control engineer who pressed the AZ-5 button at Chernobyl's Unit 4 Science and technology · Soviet Union 1960–1986
Boris Mikhailov Борис Михайлов The chief designer of the Volga inflatable airlock that made Leonov's spacewalk possible Science and technology · Soviet Union

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