Kurchatov (Semipalatinsk-16), Kazakhstan, Asia
Year 1947 latitude: 50° 45' longitude: 78° 32' Period Initiator(s) Planning organization Nationality initiator(s) Designer(s) / Architect(s) Design organization Inhabitants 11,065 (2010) Target population Town website http://kurchatov.vko.gov.kz/kz/ Town related links http://kurchatov.vko.gov.kz/kz/gallery.htm#11 Literature type of New Town: > scale of autonomy New-Town-in-Town Satellite New Town Company Town > client Private Corporation Public Corporation > policy Capital Decentralization Industrialization Resettlement Economic
The town was once the centre of operations for the adjoining Semipalatinsk Test. It was a closed city, one of the most secretive and restricted places in the Soviet Union With the cessation of nuclear testing and the decommissioning of the test site, Kurchatov's population has fallen from over 20,000 to around 8,000. source:
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