Leonid Toptunov is one of the most popular and richest Engineer who was born on August 16, 1960 in Mykolaivka, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
Leonid Fedorovych Toptunov (Ukrainian: Леонід Федорович Топтунов ; 16 August 1960 – 14 May 1986) was a Soviet engineer who was the senior reactor control chief engineer at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Reactor Unit 4 on the night of the Chernobyl disaster, 26 April 1986.
In March 1983, Toptunov began his career at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. He worked as a unit control engineer and senior reactor plant control engineer.
Leonid Toptunov was born on 16 August 1960 in Mykolaivka, Buryn Raion, Sumy Oblast.