Igor Kurchatov (? - 1960) was the chief scientist working under Stalin to develop a Sovietnuclear bomb (1949) and later Soviet hydrogen bomb (1953). Later in life, he advocated against nuclear bomb tests and worked over peaceful nuclear applications.
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