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 three 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 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
- 1974: Julii Khariton and Savely Moiseevich Feinberg
- 1977: Yakov Zeldovich and Fyodor Shapiro [ru]
- 1980: Isai Izrailevich Gurevich and Boris Nikolsky
- 1981: William d'Haeseleer
- 1983: Vladimir Mostovoy
- 1986: Venedikt Dzhelepov and Leonid Ponomarev
- 1989: Georgy Flyorov and Yuri Oganessian
Russian awards
- 1998: Aleksey Ogloblin
- 2000: Nikolay Dollezhal
- 2003: Yuri Trutnev
- 2008: Oleg Gennadievich Filatov
- 2013: Yevgeny Avrorin
- 2018: Nikolay Evgenievich Kukharkin
- 2023: Ramzan Kadyrov, Evgeny Velikhov and Mikhail Kovalchuk
See also
- Awards and decorations of the Russian Federation
- Medal "For Merit in the Development of Nuclear Energy"
- List of physics awards
References
- "Золотые медали Российской академии наук". www.ras.ru.
- "Кадырова наградили медалью за вклад в развитие ядерной физики". Настоящее Время (in Russian). 5 May 2023.
- "Евгению Велихову присудили золотую медаль имени Курчатова". Общественная палата Смоленской области (in Russian). 4 January 2023.
External links
- Kurchatov Gold Medal. The Russian Academy of Sciences official listing
- Civil awards and decorations of the Soviet Union
- Nuclear physics
- Physics awards
- Awards established in 1960
- Civil awards and decorations of Russia
- 1960 establishments in the Soviet Union
- Nuclear history of the Soviet Union
- Awards of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Nuclear energy in Russia
- USSR Academy of Sciences