Igor Vasilyevich Kurchatov (1903 - 1960), 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 known as the 'father of the Soviet atomic bomb' and later 'the father of the Soviet nuclear missile' for his directorial role in a clandestine Soviet nuclear program formed during World War II

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