The Kurchatov Medal, or the Gold Medal in honour of Igor Kurchatov is an award given for outstanding achievements in

nuclear physics Nuclear physics is the field of physics that studies atomic nuclei and their constituents and interactions, in addition to the study of other forms of nuclear matter. Nuclear physics should not be confused with atomic physics, which studies the ...

and in the field of

nuclear energy Nuclear energy may refer to: *Nuclear power, the use of sustained nuclear fission or nuclear fusion to generate heat and electricity *Nuclear binding energy Nuclear binding energy in experimental physics is the minimum energy that is required t ...

. The

USSR Academy of Sciences The Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union was the highest scientific institution of the Soviet Union from 1925 to 1991, uniting the country's leading scientists, subordinated directly to the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union (until 1946 ...

established this award on February 9, 1960 in honour of

Igor Kurchatov Igor Vasil'evich Kurchatov (russian: Игорь Васильевич Курчатов; 12 January 1903 – 7 February 1960), was a Soviet physicist who played a central role in organizing and directing the former Soviet program of nuclear weapo ...

and in recognition of his lifetime contributions to the fields of nuclear physics, nuclear energy and nuclear engineering. In the

USSR The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nation ...

, the Kurchatov Medal award was given every three years starting in 1962. Honorarium was included as part of the award through 1989. Later in

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eigh ...

, the Kurchatov Gold Medal award has been resumed, and the medal has been given since 1998.

Soviet award recipients

Source
Russian Academy of Sciences
*1962: Pyotr Spivak and Yuri Prokoviev *1965: Yuriy Prokoshkin, Vladimir Rykalin, Valentin Petruhin and Anatoly Danubians *1968: Anatoly Aleksandrov *1971:

Isaak Kikoin Isaak Konstantinovich (Kushelevich) Kikoin (; 28 March 1908 – 28 December 28, 1984), , was a Soviet physicist of Lithuanian origin and an author of physics textbooks in Russian language who played an important role in the former Soviet program ...

*1974: Julii Khariton and Savely Moiseevich Feinberg *1977:

Yakov Zeldovich Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich ( be, Я́каў Бары́савіч Зяльдо́віч, russian: Я́ков Бори́сович Зельдо́вич; 8 March 1914 – 2 December 1987), also known as YaB, was a leading Soviet physicist of Bel ...

and {{ill, Fyodor Shapiro, ru, Шапиро, Фёдор Львович *1980: Isai Izrailevich Gurevich and

Boris Nikolsky Boris Petrovich Nikolsky (russian: Бори́с Петро́вич Нико́льский; – 4 January 1990) was a Soviet chemist and radiochemist, academician of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, and professor of Saint Petersburg (then Leningr ...

*1981: William d'Haeseleer *1983: Vladimir Mostovoy *1986: Venedikt Dzhelepov and Leonid Ponomarev *1989:

Georgy Flyorov Georgii Nikolayevich Flyorov (also spelled Flerov, rus, Гео́ргий Никола́евич Флёров, p=gʲɪˈorgʲɪj nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ ˈflʲɵrəf; 2 March 1913 – 19 November 1990) was a Soviet physicist who is known for h ...

and

Yuri Oganessian Yuri Tsolakovich Oganessian (russian: Юрий Цолакович Оганесян ; ''Yuri Ts'olaki Hovhannisyan'' . Oganessian is the Russified version of the Armenian last name Hovhannisyan. The article on Oganessian in the ''Armenian Sovie ...

Russian awards

*1998: Aleksey Ogloblin *2000: Nikolay Dollezhalbr>
*2003: Yuri Trutnev (scientist), Yuri Trutnev *2008: Oleg Gennadievich Filatov *2013:

Yevgeny Avrorin Yevgeny Nikolayevich Avrorin (Russian: Евгений Николаевич Aврорин, 11 July 1932– 9 January 2018), , was a Russian physicist whose career was spent in the former Soviet program of nuclear weapons. Biography Avrorin was b ...

*2018: Nikolay Evgenievich Kukharkin

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Soviet award recipients

Russian awards

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