Urban okrug Kurchatov Urban Okrug Local time Sunday 6:47 AM | Area 56.4 km² | |
Administratively subordinated to town of oblast significance of Kurchatov Administrative center of Kurchatov Urban Okrug, Kurchatovsky Municipal District Weather 2°C, Wind NW at 14 km/h, 94% Humidity Points of interest Pamyatnik APGaydaru, Kot Uchenyy, Pamyatnik pogibshim v Afganist, Pamyatnik YuA Gagarinu | ||
Kurchatov (Russian: Курча́тов) is a town in Kursk Oblast, Russia, located on the Seym River 42 kilometers (26 mi) west of Kursk. Population: 42,706 (2010 Census); 45,556 (2002 Census); 41,085 (1989 Census).
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Map of Kurchatov, Kurskaya Oblast, Russia
History
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 physicist Igor Kurchatov.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kurchatov serves as the administrative center of Kurchatovsky District, even though it is not a part of it. As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the town of oblast significance of Kurchatov—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the town of oblast significance of Kurchatov is incorporated as Kurchatov Urban Okrug.