Kurchatov

Kurchatov is a town in in north-east . Named after Soviet nuclear physicist Igor Kurchatov, the town was once the centre of operations for the adjoining Semipalatinsk Test Site.
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  • City with about 12,400 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 170 metres (540 feet)
  • …was formerly known as “Семипалатинск-21, Москва-400, станция Конечная, Лениногосрск”
  • Description: place in Abai Region, Kazakhstan
  • Address: Курчатов қалалық әкімдігі, 071100
  • Postal code: 071100
  • Also known as
    “Konechnaya”
    “Kurchatov-21”
    “Kurchatov, Kazakhstan”
    “Kwrçatov”
    “Maldar”
    “Moldar”
    “Moldary”
    “Semipalatinsk-21”
  • Categories
    city of regional significance
    locality
  • Location
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Latitude
50.75653° or 50° 45′ 24″ north
Longitude
78.54867° or 78° 32′ 55″ east
Open location code
9J2WQG4X+JF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 377600470
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1520885
Wiki­data ID
Q767177

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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Uzbek—“Kurchatov” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Курчатаў”
  • Cebuano: “Kūrchatov”
  • Chechen: “Курчатов”
  • Chinese: “库尔恰托夫”
  • Chinese: “库尔恰托夫市”
  • Chinese: “庫爾恰托夫”
  • Chinese: “庫爾恰托夫市”
  • Dutch: “Kurchatov”
  • Estonian: “Kurtšatov”
  • Finnish: “Kurçatov”
  • French: “Kourtchatov”
  • German: “Kurtschatow”
  • Irish: “Kurchatov”
  • Japanese: “クルチャトフ”
  • Kazakh: “Курчатов”
  • Korean: “쿠르차토프”
  • Latvian: “Kurčatova (Kazahstāna)”
  • Latvian: “Kurčatova”
  • Lithuanian: “Kurčiatovas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kurtsjatov”
  • Norwegian: “Kurtsjatov”
  • Persian: “کورچاتوف (قزاقستان)”
  • Persian: “کورچاتوف”
  • Polish: “Kurczatow”
  • Russian: “Курчатов”
  • Spanish: “Kurchátov”
  • Swedish: “Kurtjatov”
  • Tatar: “Курчатов”
  • Turkish: “Kurçatov, Kazakistan”
  • Udmurt: “Курчатов”
  • Ukrainian: “Курчатов”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Kurčatow”
  • Uzbek: “Kurchatov”

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