Overcoming. Arzamas-16. How it was. Historical and analytical research. Nikitchuk I.I.

The author I. Nikitchuk worked for almost 30 years in the Russian Federal Nuclear Center (VNIIEF. G. Arzamas-16). His book on archival materials presents the history of the entry of mankind into the nuclear age, the implementation of the Soviet atomic project, the creation of the first Soviet nuclear city of Arzamas-16, the heroic feat of the collective of Soviet scientists led by I.V. Kurchatov and Yu.B. Khariton, who managed in incredibly difficult conditions, in a short time to solve the most difficult task-to create the first Soviet nuclear bomb of the RDS-1, putting the end of the US monopoly on nuclear weapons, providing our country and people with a peaceful future.