Named after Soviet nuclear physicist Igor Kurchatov, the town was once the centre of operations for the adjoining Semipalatinsk Test Site.
Igor Kurchatov, a brilliant scientist and the head of the Soviet atomic bomb effort, probably used information provided by Klaus Fuchs to confirm corresponding information provided earlier by Hall.
Igor Stravinsky | Prince Igor | Igor Smirnov | Igor Sikorsky | Igor | Igor Markevitch | Igor Krutoy | Igor Andreyevich Polyanski | Igor Polyanski | Igor Oistrakh | Igor Kipnis | Kurchatov Institute | Igor Ozim | Igor Nikolayev | Igor (film) | Igor Witkowski | Igor Ivanov | Igor Grabar | Igor Butman | Igor Bališ | Igor Andreev | Igor Zhelezovski | Igor Troubetzkoy | Igor Smirnov's | Igor Pamić | Igor Newerly | Igor Lovchinsky | Igor Linshits | Igor Kurchatov | Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Bridge |