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Igor Kurchatov
Igor Vasilyevich Kurchatov was a Soviet physicist who played a central role directing Laboratory No. 2, the research institute of the Soviet nuclear weapons program. He has been called the "father of the Russian atomic bomb".
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science · Soviet nuclear physicist (1903–1960) · physicist · nuclear physicist · university teacher · politician · also Igor Kurchatov, Igor Vasilyevich Kurchatov, I. V. Kurchatov, Igor Vasil’evich Kurchatov, Kurchatov
Born 8 January 1903 · Died 7 February 1960 · Q185110
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1960· 1 entry
Died 1960-02-07.
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1957· 2 entries
Awarded Lenin Prize (1957).
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Won Leonard Euler Gold Medal (1957).
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1956· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Lenin (1956).
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1954· 5 entries
Awarded Stalin Prize (1954).
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Won "Hammer and Sickle" gold medal (1954).
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Awarded Hero of Socialist Labour (1954).
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Which was known for its kind and was the first nuclear power plant in the world
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And died in Moscow of a cardiac embolism on 7 February 1960, aged 57
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1953· 2 entries
Awarded State Stalin Prize, 1st degree (1953).
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Awarded Order of Lenin (1953).
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1951· 4 entries
Awarded Hero of Socialist Labour (1951).
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Awarded State Stalin Prize, 1st degree (1951).
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Awarded Stalin Prize (1951).
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Won "Hammer and Sickle" gold medal (1951).
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1950· 1 entry
The work on thermonuclear weapon was started by Khariton, Sakharov, Zel'dovich, Tamm, and others working under Kurchatov's leadership at Arzamas-16
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1949· 4 entries
Awarded State Stalin Prize, 1st degree (1949).
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Won "Hammer and Sickle" gold medal (1949).
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Awarded Order of Lenin (1949).
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And roughly based on the US Fat Man bomb
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1947· 1 entry
Kurchatov worked with Isaak Kikoin to verify the calculations of the foreign data received on the American programme
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1946· 1 entry
The Soviet programme was aggressively pursued under Lavrentiy Beria, who (like Kapitsa) had a conflict with Kurchatov over his reliance on design data provided by Klaus Fuchs, a German physicist in the American Manhattan
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1945· 3 entries
Awarded Order of Lenin (1945).
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Awarded Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1945).
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Kurchatov became involved in designing and building the first reactor at Laboratory No
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1944· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1944).
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1942· 2 entries
Awarded State Stalin Prize, 1st degree (1942).
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Kurchatov was informed of results obtained from Chicago Pile-1 by the Soviet intelligence, and provided his view of making a nuclear bomb
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1940· 1 entry
Kurchatov moved to Kazan and raised objection on spontaneous fission when Georgy Flyorov directed a letter about the discovery
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1937· 2 entries
Kurchatov was a part of the team that designed and built the first cyclotron particle accelerator in Russia, which was installed in Radium Institute
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And research began to take place on 21 September 1939
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1923· 1 entry
Studied at Tavrida National V.I. Vernadsky University (1920–1923).
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1903· 1 entry
Born 1903-01-08.
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