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Nuclear Weapons of the Atomic AgeDescriptive enclosure included with the set of 16 Igor Kurchatov postcards.Igor Vasilyevich Kurchatov Postcard SetIgor Vasilievich KurchatovOn a frosty day on December 25, 1946, an event occurred that was of great importance for the fate of our motherland, for the growth of its power and prosperity. At 18 o'clock on that memorable day, for the first time in our country and on the European continent, a nuclear reaction was \chain reaction of fission of uranium nuclei, during which energy was released and a new element plutonium was accumulated, which could serve as a filling for atomic bombs and fuel for atomic engines. Numerous teams of scientists stood at the origins of nuclear energy production in our country. The head of this whole grandiose theoretical, research, design, construction program was a wonderful scientist, a brilliant organizer of science and production, Academician Igor Vasilyevich Kurchatov.