The History of the Soviet Atomic Industry

This book offers readers their first opportunity to learn about the pioneers of the Soviet nuclear industry, including the role of scientific supervisors at Russia''s nuclear project and the statesmen who coordinated atomic industry in the former USSR. This detailed account discusses the activities of production facilities and research institutes that designed and manufactured equipment and materials. Those materials were used in various fields of atomic science and engineering, but they were used primarily to build atomic weapons. History of Soviet Atomic Industry will interest scientists and engineers in the nuclear industry as well as historians of science and the Soviet Union.

For the first time, readers can discover the numerous pioneers of the Soviet nuclear industry, including the role of scientific supervisors of Russia''s nuclear project and the statesmen who coordinated the function of the atomic industry in the former USSR. This is a detailed account, translated to English for the first time, of the development of the atomic industry in the former Soviet Union. It deals with the activities of production facilities, research institutes and design bureaus that designed and manufactured equipment and materials. That material was applied in various fields of atomic science and engineering, but primarily in the construction of atomic weapons. History of Soviet Atomic Industry will be of interest to scientists and engineers in the nuclear industry, as well as historians of science and the post-war Soviet Union.