The Igor Kurchatov Gold Medal is a scientific award of the Russian Academy of Sciences . Awarded since 1962 for outstanding work in the field of nuclear physics and nuclear energy .
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| A country |  Russia | |
| Type of | medal | |
| To whom is handed | Soviet and Russian scientists for outstanding work in the field of physics | |
| Who is awarded by | The Russian Academy of Sciences | |
| Foundations | Decision of the Presidium of RAS | |
| Status | handed over | |
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| Establishment Date | 1962 | |
| First award | 1962 | |
| Last award | 2018 | |
| Number of awards | 25 | |
| Site | ras.ru/about/awards/awdl… | |
The medal was established by a resolution of the Central Committee of the CPSU and the Council of Ministers of the USSR of February 9, 1960 . From 1962 to 1989 was awarded the Academy of Sciences of the USSR . Since 1998 , it has been awarded by the Department of Nuclear Physics (SNP), the Department of General Physics and Astronomy (OOFA), the Department of Physical-Technical Problems of Energy (OFTEP) of the Russian Academy of Sciences .
The reverse side of the coin until 1991
The other side of the coin after 1991
Awarded Scientists
| Year | Award winner | What works |
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| 1962 | Peter Efimovich Spivak Yuri Alexandrovich Prokofiev | for his work on experimental neutron beta decay |
| 1965 | Yuri Dmitrievich Prokoshkin Valentin Ivanovich Petrukhin Vladimir Ivanovich Rykalin Anatoly Fedorovich Danubev | for the cycle of work on the beta decay of the pi meson |
| 1968 | Anatoly Petrovich Alexandrov | on the totality of work in the field of nuclear energy |
| 1971 | Isaac Konstantinovich Kikoin | for scientific research in the field of atomic technology |
| 1974 | Julius Khariton Savely Moiseevich Feinberg | for research in the field of nuclear energy |
| 1977 | Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich Fedor Lvovich Shapiro | for predicting the properties of ultracold neutrons and their detection and investigation |
| 1980 | Isay Izrailevich Gurevich Boris Alexandrovich Nikolsky | for a series of studies of the substance by positive muons |
| 1983 | Vladimir Iosifovich Mostovoy | per cycle of neutron spectrometry and fission physics |
| 1986 | Venedikt Petrovich Dzhelepov Leonid Ivanovich Ponomarev | for the cycle of work on mu-catalysis and mu-mesoatomic processes in hydrogen isotopes |
| 1989 | Georgy Flerov Yuri Tsolakovich Oganesyan | for the cycle of works on the synthesis and study of the stability of the heaviest elements in intensive ion beams |
| 1998 | Alexey Alekseevich Ogloblin | for the series of works "Study of the structure of light nuclei and their interactions" |
| 2000 | Nikolai Antonovich Dollezhal | |
| 2002 | Yury Alekseevich Trutnev | for a set of closed works of major scientific, military-strategic and national economic importance and providing the country with a modern reliable nuclear shield |
| 2008 | Oleg G. Filatov | for the totality of works on the development of the physicotechnical fundamentals of thermonuclear energy |
| 2013 | Evgeny Nikolaevich Avrorin | for the series of works devoted to the development of methods for the physical studies of the properties of substances in nuclear explosions, obtaining unique experimental data on the opacity and impact compressibility of substances in the temperature range T ~ l keV and pressures P ~ 1 Gbar, the conditions of thermonuclear combustion of DD and DT systems, control issues and non proliferation |
| 2018 | Nikolai Evgenevich Kukharkin | for the cycle of research and development of promising nuclear power plants for aviation and space, including high-temperature gas reactors, and for their overall contribution to the development of the atomic energy industry of the USSR and the Russian Federation |
See also
- Gold medals and awards named after outstanding scientists awarded by the Russian Academy of Sciences