Igor Kurchatov was a prominent Soviet physicist, known as the 'father' of the Soviet atomic bomb. Born on January 12, 1903, in the Ural region, he later moved to Crimea. He became director of the Nuclear Physics Laboratory in Leningrad in 1938. Kurchatov was instrumental in theoretical research on nuclear reactions and was the first to announce the self-fission of uranium. He was a member of the Communist Party and the Soviet Academy of Sciences and oversaw the first Soviet atomic bomb test in 1949, and contributed to the development of the world's first hydrogen bomb.
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Meaning of the name - Igor
Warrior, protector, brave
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Igor Kurchatov belongs to the GI Generation group.
Place of Birth: Sim
Place of Death: Barvikha
Educated At: Tavrida National V.I. Vernadsky University | Peter the Great Saint Petersburg State Polytechnical University | Simferopol gymnasium №1
Occupation: nuclear physicist | university teacher | physicist | politician
Employers: National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute | Peter the Great Saint Petersburg State Polytechnical University | Azerbaijan State Oil and Industrial University | Ioffe Institute | Moscow State University
Awards Received: Leonard Euler Gold Medal | Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow" | Stalin Prize | "Hammer and Sickle" gold medal | Medal "For the Defence of Sevastopol" | Order of the Red Banner of Labour | Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" | Lenin Prize | Order of Lenin
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Note: This birth chart is calculated using the date and place of birth, with the time set to noon (12:00 PM) local time. While this provides accurate planetary positions for most celestial bodies, the Ascendant (Rising Sign) and house cusps are not calculated since they require precise birth time. For a complete astrological analysis including houses and rising sign, please provide the exact birth time.Ephemeris for January 12, 1903
Note: Moon position is location and time sensitive.| Planet | Position (Tropical, Western) | Transits on January 12, 2026 | Secondary Progressions for January 12, 2026 |
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| Sun | 20 Capricorn 57 | 22 Capricorn 7 | 23 Taurus 18 |
| Moon | 3 Cancer 1 | 10 Scorpio 23 | 6 Capricorn 3 |
| Mercury | 8 Aquarius 23 | 16 Capricorn 20 | 13 Gemini 50 |
| Venus | 1 Aquarius 33 | 23 Capricorn 28 | 1 Cancer 55 |
| Mars | 9 Libra 13 | 21 Capricorn 25 | 27 Virgo 37 |
| Jupiter | 20 Aquarius 34 | 19 Cancer 51 | 17 Pisces 45 |
| Saturn | 29 Capricorn 32 | 26 Pisces 50 | 9 Aquarius 47 |
| Uranus | 23 Sagittarius 8 | 27 Taurus 41 | 24 Sagittarius 47 |
| Neptune | 1 Cancer 48 | 29 Pisces 40 | 1 Cancer 58 |
| Pluto | 18 Gemini 7 | 3 Aquarius 4 | 18 Gemini 34 |
| Rahu | 20 Libra 34 | 11 Pisces 34 | 14 Libra 3 |
| Ketu | 20 Aries 34 | 11 Virgo 34 | 14 Aries 3 |
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