REN TV will show the premiere of the documentary film "KURCHATOV" from the new cycle of the NMG DOK "THE GREAT ONES"

On November 23, the REN TV channel will show the premiere of the documentary "KURCHATOV" from the new cycle of the NMG DOC "The GREAT ONES".

On November 20, 1962, U.S. President John F. Kennedy ordered the lifting of the blockade of Cuba. This event marked the end of the Caribbean crisis, the peak of the military–political confrontation in Soviet-American relations during the Cold War, when the world was on the verge of a nuclear catastrophe.

The Soviet nuclear program, spearheaded by the legendary Igor Kurchatov, made it possible to achieve military parity with the United States. For decades, this nuclear shield has served as a powerful deterrent to the most radical politicians from reckless actions against the USSR.

Realizing the destructive power of the atom, the scientist was not only an active advocate of banning nuclear weapons tests on earth, in water and in space, but also promoted the peaceful use of atomic energy. This year, the nuclear industry of our country, whose history began with the work of Kurchatov and his team, celebrated its 80th anniversary.

One of the founders of research in the field of controlled thermonuclear fusion, Kurchatov also took the initiative to disclose Soviet research to the world scientific community. His bold proposal marked the beginning of international cooperation, which resulted in the ITER project, the large–scale construction of an experimental tokamak-type thermonuclear reactor.

While working on the film, its creators visited Ozersk, a closed city in the Chelyabinsk region, closely associated with the name of Igor Kurchatov. Not only the world's first nuclear power plant is located here, but also the strategic Mayak plant. At this facility, spent nuclear fuel from all nuclear power plants in the country is processed and enriched for reuse. Viewers will see the interiors of these secret facilities, including the very control panel of the first nuclear power plant, behind which the founder of the Soviet atomic project once worked.

The new film is an immersion into the scale of Kurchatov's personality and his grandiose discoveries that changed the course of world history. Broadcast – on Sunday, November 23, at 23:55.