Kurchatov
Americannoun
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This followed a report Sunday evening by the governor of the Kursk region, Roman Starovoit, that debris from a downed drone sparked a fire at a non-residential building in the city of Kurchatov.
From Reuters ● Sep. 4, 2023
Kursk Region Governor Roman Starovoyt said one residential and one administrative building had been hit in the town of Kurchatov, close to the Kursk nuclear plant.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2023
By 1946, Igor Kurchatov, architect of the Soviet nuclear weapons program, had anointed the institute “Laboratory No. 1” and closed its doors to the outside world.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 6, 2022
In a follow-up analysis, Mr. Wellerstein concluded that Igor Kurchatov, the head of the Soviet bomb project, drew the schematic for Lavrenty Beria, the head of Stalin’s secret police.
From New York Times ● Jan. 27, 2020
A much more excited Lavrenti Beria hugged and kissed Kurchatov, then ran to the phone and shouted for an immediate connection to Stalin’s home.
From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin
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