Academician Kurchatov Square

Akademik Kurchatov Square is geographically located at the intersection of the following streets: Academician Kurchatov, Marshal Vasilevsky, Marshal Biryuzov. It got its name from Akademika Kurchatov Street, which was named in memory of the outstanding Soviet physicist Igor Kurchatov. Officially, the name of this square was approved in 1960. Here at the address Akademik Kurchatov Square, 1 is the Scientific Center Russian "Kurchatov Institute". And at the address Akademik Kurchatov Square, 2 is the Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Russian Academy of Sciences.