Kurchatov Medal

{{Short description|Soviet award for achievement in nuclear physics}}

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.{{cite web |title=Золотые медали Российской академии наук |url=https://www.ras.ru/rasawards/d95fb00b-5a25-481e-937c-7818b1c7e394.aspx |website=www.ras.ru}}

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: [http://www.ras.ru/about/awards/awdlist.aspx?awdid=15 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 {{ill|Fyodor Shapiro|ru|Шапиро, Фёдор Львович}}
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 [https://web.archive.org/web/20080810010415/http://www.nikiet.ru/eng/history/dollezh.html]
2003: Yuri Trutnev
2008: Oleg Gennadievich Filatov
2013: Yevgeny Avrorin
2018: Nikolay Evgenievich Kukharkin
2023: Ramzan Kadyrov,{{cite web |title=Кадырова наградили медалью за вклад в развитие ядерной физики |url=https://www.currenttime.tv/a/kadyrova-nagradili-medalyu/32398729.html |website=Настоящее Время |language=ru |date=5 May 2023}} Evgeny Velikhov and Mikhail Kovalchuk{{cite web |title=Евгению Велихову присудили золотую медаль имени Курчатова |url=http://opsmol.ru/10724-evgeniyu-velixovu-prisudili-zolotuyu-medal-imeni-kurchatova/ |website=Общественная палата Смоленской области |language=ru-RU |date=4 January 2023}}