Kurchatov Medal

Kurchatov Medal

The Kurchatov Medal, or the Gold Medal in honour of Igor Kurchatov is an award given for outstanding achievements in nuclear physics and in the field of nuclear energy. The USSR Academy of Sciences established this award on February 9 1960 in honour of Igor Kurchatov and in recognition of his lifetime contributions to the fields of nuclear physics, nuclear energy and nuclear engineering.

In the USSR, the Kurchatov Medal award was given every 3 years starting in 1962. Honorarium was included as part of the award through 1989. Later in Russia, the Kurchatov Gold Medal award has been resumed, and the medal is given since 1998.

oviet award recipients

*1962: Pyotr Spivak
*1965: Yuriy Prokoshkin
*1968: Anatoly Aleksandrov
*1971: Isaak Kikoin
*1974: Julii Khariton
*1977: Yakov Zeldovich
*1980: Isai Gurevich
*1983: Vladimir Mostovoy
*1986: Venedikt Dzhelepov
*1989: Georgy Flyorov

Russian awards

*1998: Aleksey Ogloblin
*2000: Nikolay Dollezhal [http://www.nikiet.ru/eng/history/dollezh.html]
*2003: Yuriy Trutnev

ee also

*Awards and decorations of the Russian Federation

External links

* [http://www.ras.ru/about/awards/awdlist.aspx?awdid=15 "Kurchatov Gold Medal"] . The Russian Academy of Sciences official listing


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