OREANDA-NEWS. April 14, 2008. “You can be proud of the bright pages of your history, the names of the outstanding scientists who founded your institute and several generations of engineers and workers who have made a great contribution to the development of the nuclear industry and the strengthening of the defense capacity of our country.

Kurchatov Institute enjoys international renown as a big multi-profile research center of national scale and a team of high professionals, who are strongly adherent to the remarkable traditions of their predecessors. Today, you are actively involved in the national program for the development of one of the most promising fields of science — nano-technologies.”