Kurchatov (Russia)

city Kurchatov Курчатов flag coat of arms Federal district Central Russia Oblast Kursk Rajon Kurchatov mayor Igor Wladimirowitsch Korpunkow ( Russian Игорь Владимирович Корпунков ) Founded 1969 City since 1983 surface 55  km² population 42,706 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 776 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 160  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code +7 (47131) Post Code 307250 License Plate 46 OKATO 38 408 Website www.kurchatov.info Geographical location Coordinates 51 ° 40 ′  N , 35 ° 39 ′  E Coordinates: 51 ° 40 ′ 0 ″  N , 35 ° 39 ′ 0 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Kursk Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Kurchatov ( Russian Курчатов ) is a city in the Kursk Oblast ( Russia ) with 42,706 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located on the western edge of the Central Russian Plate about 40 km west of the Oblast capital Kursk on the right bank of the Seim , a left tributary of the Desna, which flows into the Dnepr .

Kurchatow is administratively directly subordinate to the Oblast and at the same time the administrative center of the Rajon of the same name .

history

The place arose from 1969 in connection with the construction of the Kursk nuclear power plant decided on September 29, 1966 by the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union . Before that, several villages existed in this area.

On December 22, 1971, urban-type settlement status was granted under the name of Kurchatov in honor of nuclear physicist Igor Kurchatov . On April 25, 1983, Kurchatov received city rights.

Population development

year	Residents
1979	21,774
1989	41,085
2002	45,556
2010	42,706

Note: census data

economy

In addition to the Kursk nuclear power plant, there is the Atommasch plant in Kurchatow for nuclear power plant equipment and companies in the building materials industry.

The city is located on the Kursk - Lgow - Kiev ( Ukraine ) railway .

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  Waterfront in Kurchatov

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  Kurchatov train station

sons and daughters of the town

• Yevgenia Lamonova (* 1983), foil fencer and 2008 Olympic champion
• Dmitri Scherebtschenko (* 1989), foil fencer
• Inna Deriglasowa (* 1990), foil fencer, world champion and 2016 Olympic champion

Web links

Commons : Kurchatov  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• City administration website (Russian)
• Kurchatov on mojgorod.ru (Russian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)