Valery Legasov: Illuminated by Chernobyl

The Chernobyl disaster occurred more than 30 years ago, but disputes about its causes, consequences and the organization of work to eliminate these consequences are not subside. Chernobyl has revealed many problems that go far beyond the scope of the Chernobyl theme: ethical, environmental, political. The Soviet system as a whole and even technological progress itself were in the minds of many are compromised by this accident. To answer questions arising from Chernobyl, it is necessary to knowledge - what actually happened on April 26, 1986.
This book is based on unique materials: interviews, articles and memories of academician Valery Legasov, one of the leaders of liquidation of the consequences of Chernobyl The accident, which was the first in the USSR and in the world as a whole analyzed the consequences of the disaster and first spoke in detail about them. In addition to them, the book includes articles on the technological and political aspects of the disaster written using both modern materials and previously not published archival documents. The book will allow the reader to form his opinion about the Chernobyl disaster contrary to pseudo -scientific theories and politicized populist schemes