Kurchatov, Russia
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Kurchatov (Russian: Курча́тов) is a town in Kursk Oblast, Russia, located on the Seym River some 42 km west of Kursk. Population: 46,300 (2005 est.); 45,556 (2002 Census).
Kurchatov was founded in 1968 due to the construction of the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant and granted town status in 1983. It was named after a Soviet physisist Igor Kurchatov.
[edit] External links
- Official website of Kurchatov (Russian)
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Cities and towns in Kursk Oblast |  |
| Administrative center: Kursk Dmitriyev-Lgovsky | Fatezh | Kurchatov | Lgov | Oboyan | Rylsk | Shchigry | Sudzha | Zheleznogorsk |
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