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First Soviet Atomic Test

Name: First Soviet Atomic Test – Russia factsheet records
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Russia · Science / Physics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1949Date range

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Chronological records

1949

Igor Vasilyevich Kurchatov29 August 1949

Semipalatinsk · Science / Physics

Directs the scientific programme producing the first Soviet atomic bomb test.

Names involved

Igor Vasilyevich Kurchatov

Provenance

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