Pages of engineer V.F. Chernov's biography in the epoch of totalitarianism

The article discusses the difficult stages of the life of V.F. Chernov - an outstanding scientist and organizer of soda production, who made a huge contribution to the development of the soda industry in the Soviet period. On the basis of the revealed archival data, the tragic pages of national history during the period of great terror and the civil courage of a representative of the engineering corps of the Western Urals, V.F. Chernov.