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Soviet Atomic Bomb

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

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1949Date range
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Chronological records

1949

Joseph Stalin29 August 1949

Semipalatinsk · Warfare / Nuclear

The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb.

Names involved

Joseph Stalin

Provenance

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