Back فلاديمير بيكالوف Arabic Уладзімір Карпавіч Пікалаў Byelorussian Wladimir Karpowitsch Pikalow German Vladímir Pikálov Spanish ولادیمیر پیکالوف Persian Vlagyimir Karpovics Pikalov Hungarian Vladimir Pikalov ID Vladimir Karpovič Pikalov Italian Władimir Pikałow Polish Пикалов, Владимир Карпович Russian
Vladimir Karpovich Pikalov | |
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| Born | 15 September 1924 Armavir, South-East, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 29 March 2003 (aged 78) Moscow, Russia |
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| Allegiance |  Soviet Union (1941-1991)  Russia (1991-1992) |
| Years of service | 1941–1989 |
| Rank | Colonel General |
| Commands held | Chemical Troops of the USSR |
| Battles/wars | Battle of Stalingrad Battle of Moscow Battle of Kursk Chernobyl disaster |
| Awards | Hero of the Soviet Union (1986) |
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.[1]
He was in charge of the specialized military units at the site of the Chernobyl disaster. Pikalov arrived at the scene on the afternoon of 26 April 1986, and assumed command at Chernobyl.[2]
- ^ "Commemorative Decoration Colonel General Pikalov" (PDF). www.omsa.org. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
- ^ Zhores Medvedev: The Legacy of Chernobyl
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