European Reviews of Chemical Research

8-14

Authors: Irina Yu. Cherkasova

This work is devoted to Lev Aleksandrovich Chugaev, one of the most famous Russian chemists and biochemists of the period of the Russian Empire, the founder of the Russian school of coordination chemistry, the discoverer of various complex compounds of platinum group metals. In 2023, on October 17, it will be 150 years since his birth. The biographical information about Lev Aleksandrovich Chugaev, which was published both in pre-revolutionary and Soviet times, is used as materials in the work. In conclusion, the author states that Lev Aleksandrovich Chugaev (1873–1922) is an outstanding Russian chemist and biochemist, Doctor of Sciences, professor at St. Petersburg University, founder of the Petrograd Institute of High Pressures, author of more than 400 works, and a man who made a great contribution to the study of the chemistry of complex compounds. Despite his short life, L.A. Chugaev died at the age of 48, his memory was immortalized in both the Soviet and modern Russian periods. So, back in 1927, he was posthumously awarded the V.I. Lenin Prize, and since 1994 The Russian Academy of Sciences annually awards the L.A. Chugaev Prize to chemists “for outstanding achievements in the field of chemistry of complex compounds”.