Father of the Soviet-Soviet atomic bomb

Igor Vasilevich Kurchatov - the great Russian scientist, who gave birth to the former Soviet-era nuclear project. He is considered the founder of Soviet atomic background.

Historians call him the "father" of the Soviet atomic bomb. And colleagues and students call him by the affectionate name - "Mr. Bear".

On the 110th anniversary of the birth of Kurchatov, experts, scientists, including his own acquaintances, converged and met at the "Voice of Russia" radio station and talked about this talented character. .

After the end of World War II, mankind fell on the brink of a new disaster: grasping the hand of a nuclear bomb, allies yesterday with the Soviet Union fighting against the German fascist, today prepared to prepare plan to carry out nuclear attack on the Soviet Union. Moscow has only one way to escape: at any cost, it must create a similar weapon, - Aleksandar Sagomonyan's History recounts.

Igor Vasilevich Kurchatov - Russian scientist (Photo: iobninsk.ru)

'Stalin and the leadership of the Soviet Union clearly understood that the existence of a terrible danger threatens the survival of the country and to avoid it, we need it within the shortest time to build an atomic bomb. This became a fundamental direction in Soviet domestic policy. It was here, Stalin's choice aimed at Kurchatov as the scientific leader of the atomic project. '

However, this gigantic work has been completed. And one of the factors that led to victory was thanks to the organizational talent and scientific level of the individual Igor Vasilevich Kurchatov, - Academician Evgeni Velikhov, President of the National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute" affirmed.

'As we often say, he is an authentic true physicist. Beginning in 1943, when Kurchatov became the leader of the Soviet nuclear project, he revealed his talent for organizing miracles, attracted the most essential scientific groups, creating his school. Kurchatov laid the foundation for Russia's defense so that today is the country's strong support, with nuclear submarines, atomic floating ships and nuclear icebreakers. All work together intellectually, building great and important careers never before seen '.

At the same time, in this work, Kurchatov did everything in a very humanistic way, he was in contact with almost everyone involved, which was that he communicated with individuals who were doing science and technology rather than pay attention to rank and position.

When necessary he could talk to Interior Minister Beria as well, even to his young lab assistant as freely as he could. On the surface of this relationship, in the midst of a difficult time, he created a friendly and healthy atmosphere in the complex work that he led, enabling Russia to be today. of the world's largest scientific powers.

Historian Sergey Smirnov adds a definition of human personality values ​​Igor Kurchatov: 'Kurchatov is not really a brilliant genius, but he knows how to open and manage geniuses. That is a very difficult job. He preserved his talent in friendship until the last day of his life. Among his subordinates, there was an unusually high number of people who actually considered him a friend of their own. '

Kurchatov's famous nickname - "Mr. Bear" - arises from one of the other decisions of the great physicist, - comments military analyst Ilya Kramnik.

Survive a myth that Kurchatov began to bear his beard since the war. Until the victory of fascism, he declared so. After the war ended, he continued to bear his beard, because he set a new milestone "until the successful implementation of the nuclear project".

Igor Kurchatov died very soon - at the age of 57. But his memory was immortal. His name is given to the city, to the avenues and streets, to academics and to high schools, and even to the cosmic subject, which bears the name of the great Russian physicist - that of the Kurchatov asteroid. .