Andrei Sakharov once described Igor Kurchatov as a man whose most pronounced trait was his fascination with "grand" science. The physicist who headed the Soviet nuclear program from 1943 until his ...

Who was Igor Kurchatov? And what were the Institute’s main achievements over the history? Here is what you should know about this institution that remains central to the Russian nuclear sector.

The central event of the third day of the school was a lecture by Maxim Patrushev, head of the Kurchatov Genomic Center at ...

Much of Kurchatov has been empty since the Russians left Empty buildings are everywhere, even at the town's core where a statue of founder Igor Kurchatov towers over a pleasant-looking square. But Mr ...

Obninsk celebrates the 79th anniversary of the world’s first nuclear power plant launched on June 26, 1954 under the leadership of Academician Igor Kurchatov OBNINSK, June 26. /TASS/.

Andrei Sakharov once described Igor Kurchatov as a man whose most pronounced trait was his fascination with "grand" science. The physicist who headed the Soviet nuclear program from 1943 until his ...