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Vladimir Karpovich Pikalov (Russian: Владимир Карпович Пикалов; 15 September 1924 – 29 March 2003) was a Soviet general. He commanded the Chemical Troops of the USSR from 1968 to 1988. During World War II, Pikalov took part in the battles of Moscow, Stalingrad and Kursk. He was wounded several times.
Jun 8, 2019 · General Vladimir Pikalov, the commander of chemical units in the region, reported on radiation levels, and leading scientists left no doubt that radioactivity was high and increasing every day.
May 18, 2019 · The senior military liaison to Chernobyl, General Pikalov (Mark Lewis Jones) makes the Chernobyl apparatchiks look ridiculous when he unflinchingly volunteers to execute vital reconnaissance ...
This commission immediately took over direction of the emergency response and recovery effort. 25X1 Maj. Gen. Vladimir P. Pikalov, chief of the chemical troops of the USSR Defense Ministry and a decorated Hero of Soviet Union for his work at Chernobyl', told Pravda in December 1986 that he was summoned to the General Staff headquarters in the ...
General Vladimir Pikalov volunteers to go to the plant and use a high-range dosimeter to test the actual radiation levels. After returning to the camp, Pikalov informs that the radiation level is not 3.6 roentgen, but 15,000.
Aug 15, 2019 · According to Vladimir Dolgikh, the Central Committee Secretary in charge of heavy industry and energy production who received information from Station Director Viktor Bryukhanov, the fire was extinguished and the reactor was not damaged.
Chernobyl liquidators. A group of liquidators gathered at the Museum of Slavutych on the 32nd anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, 2018. Soviet military badge (left) and medal awarded to liquidators. The central detail of the Liquidators' medal, with traces of alpha (α) and beta (β) particles and gamma (γ) rays over a drop of blood.
