"courage and heroism" shown in his investigation of the disaster. His wife Margarita wrote a considerable number of articles and books to preserve his legacy. In 2016, a bust and a commemorative plaque were installed on the wall of Valery Legasov's home in Tula. In media Legasov is portrayed by Ade Edmondson in the BBC docudrama Surviving Disaster (2006), by Adam Curtis in his documentary series Pandora's Box (1992), and by Jared Harris in the Sky/HBO miniseries Chernobyl (2019). See also Chernobyl disaster effects Liquidator (Chernobyl) List of Chernobyl-related articles Nuclear and radiation accidents and incidents References 1936 births 1988 deaths 1988 suicides 20th-century Russian chemists People from Tula, Russia Chernobyl liquidators Communist Party of the Soviet Union members D. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia alumni Full Members of the USSR Academy of Sciences Academic staff of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology Academic staff of Moscow State University People associated with the Chernobyl disaster Heroes of the Russian Federation Lenin Prize winners Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Recipients of the USSR State Prize Russian chemists Soviet chemists Suicides by hanging in the Soviet Union Suicides in Moscow Burials at Novodevichy Cemetery