relief image of the State Emblem of the Russian Federation, above it along the edge – the inscription in a semicircle "RUSSIAN FEDERATION", framed on both sides with double diamonds, under the coat of arms: on the left – the designations of precious metal and alloy samples, on the right – the content of chemically pure metal and the trademark of the mint, at the bottom in the center in three lines – the inscription "BANK RUSSIA", the denomination of the coin "3 RUBLES", the year of issue "2023".

relief images of portraits of thrice Heroes of Socialist Labor, academicians A.P. Alexandrov and I.V. Kurchatov, gold medals "Hammer and Sickle" and the symbol of the atom; at the bottom — a color image of the emblem of the SIC "Kurchatov Institute"; around the circumference — relief inscriptions: on the left — "A.P. ALEXANDROV", on the right — "I.V. KURCHATOV", at the bottom — "80 YEARS OF THE KURCHATOV INSTITUTE."

300 corrugations

On April 12, 1943, Laboratory No. 2 of the USSR Academy of Sciences was established under the leadership of Professor Igor Vasilyevich Kurchatov (1903-1960). This day is considered the official date of birth of the famous Kurchatov Institute, where not only the task of creating atomic weapons was solved in the shortest possible time, but also all directions of the "peaceful atom" were born. On December 25, 1946, the first F-1 nuclear reactor made of uranium-graphite blocks on the continent of Eurasia was launched in Laboratory No. 2. Laboratory plutonium-239 was soon obtained. On August 29, 1949, the first Soviet nuclear charge was detonated at the Semipalatinsk test site. The US monopoly on the possession of atomic weapons is over. So for six years of its existence, Laboratory No. 2 has solved the task set by the country's leadership. Under the scientific leadership of Kurchatov, the country's nuclear shield was created. However, Kurchatov's goal and ideals have always remained peaceful. He was one of the initiators and an active participant in the development of peace proposals of the Soviet Union on the prohibition of atomic weapons. "We, scientists working in the field of atomic energy, can see more than anyone else that the use of atomic and hydrogen weapons leads humanity to incalculable disasters" – this quote by Igor Kurchatov best reflects his thoughts and intentions during the work on the creation of atomic weapons. Sensational was his speech at an international conference in British Harwell in 1956, where the scientist invited his foreign colleagues to cooperate in the peaceful use of atomic energy. Even before the completion of work on the bomb, Kurchatov was looking for ways to use atomic energy more widely for peaceful purposes. In the sphere of interests of the scientist and his staff were nuclear power, the navy, aircraft and later space. On June 27, 1954, the first industrial nuclear power plant was launched in Obninsk under the scientific supervision of the Kurchatov Institute. After that, the construction of large nuclear power plants across the country began. Anatoly Petrovich Alexandrov (1903-1994), one of the leading participants in the Soviet atomic project and Kurchatov's closest associate, became the scientific director of the project of the first Soviet nuclear boat. Under his leadership, nuclear submarines of three generations, surface ships with nuclear power plants were created, eight nuclear icebreakers and a nuclear lighter carrier were built. According to the sailors themselves, Alexandrov's role in the creation of the country's nuclear fleet can be assessed in one word – limitless. Thanks to the appearance of the nuclear fleet, full-scale development of the Arctic has become possible, which continues even now. After Kurchatov's death in 1960, Alexandrov continued his work. Under his leadership, nuclear reactors for various purposes were created here, research was conducted on the use of atomic energy for space purposes and the creation of high-temperature sources of atomic energy. Space nuclear installations with thermal emission elements, ion and plasma engines were developed and tested. These developments have significantly expanded the possibilities of high-quality live television broadcasting, improved the management of air and sea transport, created new conditions for information and telephone communications, and allowed the start of near-Earth and deep space exploration. In the XXI century, both traditional and new scientific directions continue to develop at the Kurchatov Institute – nuclear power engineering and the nuclear fuel cycle; controlled thermonuclear fusion; fundamental research, information technologies and systems; dual-use technologies and developments; biomedical technologies and nuclear medicine, nanotechnology, nanodiagnostics and materials science.

Artists: E.V. Kramskaya (obverse), A.D. Schablykin (reverse). Sculptors: A.A. Dolgopolova (obverse), A.N. Bessonov (reverse). Minting: St. Petersburg Mint (SPMD). Design of the edge: 300 corrugations