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Kurchatov, Russia

Kurchatov Курчатов
Town[1]
Kurchatov
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Kurchatov
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Coordinates: 51°40′N 35°39′E / 51.667°N 35.650°E / 51.667; 35.650
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Kursk Oblast[1]
Founded	1968
Town status since	1983
Elevation	160 m (520 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)[2]
• Total	42,706
Administrative status
• Subordinated to	town of oblast significance of Kurchatov[1]
• Capitalof	Kurchatovsky District,[1] town of oblast significance of Kurchatov[1]
Municipal status
• Urban okrug	Kurchatov Urban Okrug[3]
• Capitalof	Kurchatov Urban Okrug,[3] Kurchatovsky Municipal District[3]
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [4])
Postal code(s)[5]	307250
OKTMOID	38708000001
Website	www.kurchatov.info

Kurchatov (Russian: Курча́тов) is a towninKursk Oblast, Russia, located on the Seym River 42 kilometers (26 mi) west of Kursk. Population: 40,318 (2021 Census);^[6] 42,706 (2010 Russian census);^[2] 45,556 (2002 Census);^[7] 41,085 (1989 Soviet census).^[8]

History[edit]

Kurchatov was founded in 1968 due to the construction of the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant and granted town status in 1983.^{[citation needed]} It was named after a Soviet physicist Igor Kurchatov.

The town of Kurchatov, along with the neighbouring Kursk Nuclear Power Plant, stood in for the town of Pripyat and the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the 1991 American television movie, Chernobyl: The Final Warning. In what is now Kurchatov the Kursk 1943 Battles were being fought over twice in that year.

Administrative and municipal status[edit]

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kurchatov serves as the administrative centerofKurchatovsky District, even though it is not a part of it.^[1] 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.^[1] As a municipal division, the town of oblast significance of Kurchatov is incorporated as Kurchatov Urban Okrug.^[3]

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• Губернатор Курской области. Постановление №489 от 6 ноября 2008 г. «Об утверждении реестра административно-территориальных единиц населённых пунктов Курской области», в ред. Постановления №26-пг от 29 января 2013 г. «О внесении изменений и дополнений в Постановление Губернатора Курской области от 06.11.2008 №489 "Об утверждении реестра административно-территориальных единиц населённых пунктов Курской области"». Вступил в силу 6 ноября 2008 г. (Governor of Kursk Oblast. Resolution #489 of November 6, 2008 On the Adoption of the Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and Inhabited Localities of Kursk Oblast, as amended by the Resolution #26-pg of January 29, 2013 On Amending and Supplementing Resolution #489 of the Governor of Kursk Oblast of November 6, 2008 "On the Adoption of the Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and Inhabited Localities of Kursk Oblast". Effective as of November 6, 2008.).
• Курская областная Дума. Закон №48-ЗКО от 21 октября 2004 г. «О муниципальных образованиях Курской области», в ред. Закона №65-ЗКО от 23 августа 2011 г. «О внесении изменений и дополнений в Закон Курской области "О границах муниципальных образований Курской области", Закон Курской области "О муниципальных образованиях Курской области"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Курская правда", №214, 30 октября 2004 г. (Kursk Oblast Duma. Law #48-ZKO of October 21, 2004 On the Municipal Formations of Kursk Oblast, as amended by the Law #65-ZKO of August 23, 2011 On Amending and Supplementing the Law of Kursk Oblast "On the Borders of the Municipal Formations of Kursk Oblast", Law of Kursk Oblast "On the Municipal Formations of Kursk Oblast". Effective as of the day of the official publication.).