Last of Us 2 led me down a rabbit hole

so im playing last of us 2 and i find a random archery trophy for someone by the name of Boris Legasov (Seattle Day 2- Hillcrest). I know video games use real people sometimes so i google the name. turns out its 2 people. Boris shcherbina and valery legasov. Boris was a soviet politician that served as the vice chairman of the council of ministers and supervised the crisis management of chernobyl. Legasov was a renowned chemist who also happened to be the chief of the commission in charge of investigating chernobyl. The day before Legasov was to announce the results of his investigation, he was found to have "hung himself"

Before his suicide, Legasov wrote documents revealing previously undisclosed facts about the catastrophe. According to an analysis of the recording for the BBC TV movie Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster, Legasov claims political pressure censored the mention of Soviet nuclear secrecy in his report to the IAEA, a secrecy which forbade even plant operators having knowledge of previous accidents and known problems with reactor design. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists also stated that Legasov had become bitterly disillusioned with the failure of the authorities to confront the design flaws.