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RDS-37 Thermonuclear Test

Russia · Warfare / Nuclear. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1955Date range
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Chronological records

1955

Nikita Khrushchev22 November 1955

Semipalatinsk · Warfare / Nuclear

The Soviet Union tests RDS-37, its first two-stage thermonuclear weapon design.

Names involved

Nikita Khrushchev

Provenance

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