Valentin Kargin

Valentin Alekseyevich Kargin (Russian: Валентин Алексеевич Каргин; 23 January 1907 – 21 October 1969) was a Soviet and Russian chemist who specialized in physical chemistry and established research in polymer chemistry in the Soviet Union.

In 1925 he joined the Moscow State University and received a degree in 1930 and a doctorate in 1936.

In 1943 he was awarded a Stalin Prize for his work in developing protective agents against chemical warfare for the army.

After World War II he worked on polymerization reactions and the use of catalysts to produce polymers of various properties.

[6] Kargin died from a ruptured aorta and he was buried at the Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow.