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 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 [1] 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
External links Kurchatov Gold Medal. The Russian Academy of Sciences official listing