War and Peace in the Nuclear Age; Interview with Sergei Policknov, 1986 [2]

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Title:
War and Peace in the Nuclear Age; Interview with Sergei Policknov, 1986 [2]
Description:
Sergei Policknov was a Soviet physicist who worked on the nuclear program under Igor Kurchatov beginning in the late 1940s. In this brief interview he talks about the development of the Soviet nuclear program, and describes the feeling in the Soviet Union that building nuclear weapons was a natural reaction to World War II and an important part of Soviet national defense. He comments briefly on the role of pro-Moscow spies in helping the Soviet program. He then recalls the reactions of Soviet physicists after the successful explosion of their first atomic bomb in 1945. He also describes the research done to further develop the Soviet nuclear program in the early 1950s, including their work with hydrogen and uranium. Finally, he recounts an amusing tale and paints an admiring portrait of Dr. Kurchatov, the director of the Soviet atomic bomb project.
Interviewee:
Policknov, Sergei
Date:
March 16, 1986
Format:
Film/Video
Location:
WGBH
Collection (local):
American Archive of Public Broadcasting Collection
Series:
WGBH > War and Peace in the Nuclear Age
Subjects:
Global Affairs
Military Forces and Armaments
Soviet Union
Hydrogen bomb
Kurchatov, I. V. (Igor Vasil'evich), 1903-1960
Sakharov, Andrei, 1921-1989
Fuchs, Klaus Emil Julius, 1911-1988
Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, 1894-1971
Nuclear weapons
Physicists
Extent:
00:20:56
Link to Item:
https://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-1j97659g60
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Publisher:
WGBH Educational Foundation