humanity returned only in the xx century july 12, 1940 academicians vladimir vernadsky alexander fersman and vitaly khloppin in a letter the soviet government was told of the need to speed up atomic research as early as in the twenty-first century khlopen received the first milligrams for the sake of the state radio institute, which was headed by vernadsky, launched the first cyclotron in europe. igor kurchatov designed the proton accelerator yakov-zeldovich yuri khariton investigated the processes, but the reactions of uranus separation, but still we lagged behind the countries. the west urgently created a commission on moran's problems. but after the attack of the nazis, it was soon turned off. it is known that germany the united states and great britain are creating nuclear weapons and the ussr should not be left without protection, and in september 1942 , a resolution was adopted by the state defense committee on the organization of work on uranium. 80 years ago, on july 12, 1943, in the field of the prokhorovka substation, an unprecedented tank battle unfolded in history , historian