UP UNTIL 1943, THE SOVIET UNION HADN’T PUT A HUGE EMPHASIS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR NUCLEAR ARSENAL. UPON LEARNING THAT THE US AND GERMANY WERE ALREADY WELL INTO THEIR JOURNEY TO BUILD AN ATOMIC BOMB, THEY BEGAN A PROGRAM TO DO THE SAME IN FEBRUARY OF THAT YEAR. THE EFFORT WAS FRONTED BY LAVRENTIY BERIA AND IGOR KURCHATOV, A POLITICIAN AND PHYSICIST FROM MOSCOW.
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German born, college-cute, KLaus fuchs.COuntries with nukes in: 1945, 1959, and 2017. |