Kurchatov

an urban-type settlement in L’gov Raion, Kursk Oblast, RSFSR, located on the left bank of the Seim River in the Dnieper basin (6 km from the Lukashevka station, on the Kursk-L’gov railway line, and 56 km southwest of Kursk). Kurchatov was founded in 1971 in connection with the construction of the Kursk Atomic Power Plant. The settlement is named after I. V. Kurchatov.