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

Nuclear physics

Nuclear physics is the field of physics that studies the building blocks and interactions of atomic nuclei. The most commonly known applications of nuclear physics are nuclear power generation and nuclear weapons technology, but the research has provided application in many fields, including those...

 and in the field of nuclear energy

Nuclear power

Nuclear power is the use of sustained nuclear fission to generate heat and electricity. Nuclear power plants provide about 6% of the world's energy and 13–14% of the world's electricity, with the U.S., France, and Japan together accounting for about 50% of nuclear generated electricity...

. The USSR Academy of Sciences established this award on February 9, 1960 in honour of Igor Kurchatov

Igor Kurchatov

Igor Vasilyevich Kurchatov , was a Soviet nuclear physicist who is widely known as the director of the Soviet atomic bomb project. Along with Georgy Flyorov and Andrei Sakharov, Kurchatov is widely remembered and dubbed as the "father of the Soviet atomic bomb" for his directorial role in the...

 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

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

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

Soviet award recipients

• 1962: Pyotr Spivak
• 1965: Yuriy Prokoshkin
• 1968: Anatoly Aleksandrov
• 1971: Isaak Kikoin
  Isaak Kikoin
  Isaak Konstantinovich Kikoin was a Soviet physicist and academic. He was awarded the Stalin/Lenin Prize six times , named a Hero of Socialist Labor , and was a recipient of the Kurchatov Medal .Kikoin was with Igor Kurchatov as one of the founders of the Kurchatov...
  
  
• 1974: Julii Khariton
• 1977: Yakov Zeldovich
• 1980: Isai Gurevich
• 1983: Vladimir Mostovoy
• 1986: Venedikt Dzhelepov
  Venedikt Dzhelepov
  Venedikt Petrovich Dzhelepov was a Soviet physicist....
  
  
• 1989: Georgy Flyorov
  Georgy Flyorov
  Georgy Nikolayevich Flyorov was a prominent Soviet nuclear physicist.-Biography:Flyorov was born in Rostov-on-Don and attended the Leningrad Polytechnic Institute Georgy Nikolayevich Flyorov (March 2, 1913 – November 19, 1990) was a prominent Soviet nuclear physicist.-Biography:Flyorov was born...
  
  

Russian awards

• 1998: Aleksey Ogloblin
• 2000: Nikolay Dollezhal
  Nikolay Dollezhal
  Nikolay Antonovich Dollezhal was a Soviet mechanical engineer, a key figure in Soviet atomic bomb project and chief designer of nuclear reactors from the first plutonium production reactor to the RBMK....
  
   http://www.nikiet.ru/eng/history/dollezh.html
• 2003: Yuriy Trutnev

External links

• Kurchatov Gold Medal. The Russian Academy of Sciences official listing