Quo Fuit places 10 dated presences for Igor Kurchatov across 10 places, from 1903 to 1960.
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Igor Vasilyevich Kurchatov (– 7 February 1960) was a Soviet physicist who played a central role in organizing and directing the former Soviet program of nuclear weapons.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Igor Kurchatov was documented, and when
12 January 1903exact date
Sim, Chelyabinsk Oblastattested“Kurchatov was born in Simsky Zavod in Ufa Governorate, Russia, on 12 January 1903.”source: Wikipedia: Igor Kurchatov
12 January 1903exact date
Ufa Governorateattested“Kurchatov was born in Simsky Zavod in Ufa Governorate, Russia, on 12 January 1903.”source: Wikipedia: Igor Kurchatov
1912year
Simferopolattested“He was the second of three children of Vasily Kurchatov, and the family moved to Simferopol in Crimea in 1912.”source: Wikipedia: Igor Kurchatov
1912year
Crimeaattested“He was the second of three children of Vasily Kurchatov, and the family moved to Simferopol in Crimea in 1912.”source: Wikipedia: Igor Kurchatov
1940year
Kazanattested“In 1940, Kurchatov moved to Kazan and raised objection on spontaneous fission when Georgy Flyorov directed a letter about the discovery.”source: Wikipedia: Igor Kurchatov
1942year
Murmanskattested“In 1942–43, Kurchatov found a project with the Soviet Navy and moved to Murmansk where he worked with fellow physicist Anatoly Alexandrov.”source: Wikipedia: Igor Kurchatov
January 1949month
Chelyabinsk-40attested“In January 1949, Kurchatov was involved in a serious radiation accident which became a catastrophe at Chelyabinsk-40, in which it is possible that even more people died than at Chernobyl.”source: Wikipedia: Igor Kurchatov
January 1949month
Chernobyl disasterattested“In January 1949, Kurchatov was involved in a serious radiation accident which became a catastrophe at Chelyabinsk-40, in which it is possible that even more people died than at Chernobyl.”source: Wikipedia: Igor Kurchatov
1950year
Arzamas-16attested“In 1950, the work on thermonuclear weapon was started by Khariton, Sakharov, Zel'dovich, Tamm, and others working under Kurchatov's leadership at Arzamas-16.”source: Wikipedia: Igor Kurchatov
7 February 1960exact date
Moscowattested“He suffered a stroke in 1954, and died in Moscow of a cardiac embolism on 7 February 1960, aged 57.”source: Wikipedia: Igor Kurchatov
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1937year
Russiamentioned“In 1937, Kurchatov was a part of the team that designed and built the first cyclotron particle accelerator in Russia, which was installed in Radium Institute.”source: Wikipedia: Igor Kurchatov
1942year
Soviet Unionmentioned“Upon the breaking up of the nuclei in a kilogram of uranium, the energy released must be equal to the explosion of 20,000 tons of TNT equivalent." After 1942, Kurchatov oversaw the facility expansion and overall development of the Russia…”source: Wikipedia: Igor Kurchatov
1942year
Chicago Pile-1mentioned“In 1942, Kurchatov was informed of results obtained from Chicago Pile-1 by the Soviet intelligence, and provided his view of making a nuclear bomb.”source: Wikipedia: Igor Kurchatov
1943year
United Statesmentioned“The Soviet establishment did not start the program until 1943 despite receiving intelligence from Russian spies in the United States and a warning from Georgii Flerov.”source: Wikipedia: Igor Kurchatov
29 August 1949exact date
Semipalatinsk Test Sitementioned“On 29 August 1949, Kurchatov and his team successfully detonated its initial test device RDS-1 (a plutonium implosion bomb) at the Semipalatinsk Test Site– the device was codenamed RDS-1 (РДС–1) by Kurchatov which was approved by Soviet…”source: Wikipedia: Igor Kurchatov
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