Welcome Day in the exhibition hall of the Semipalatinsk Test Site history

On the eve of the International Day against Nuclear Tests, the National Nuclear Center of the Republic of Kazakhstan invites everyone to visit the exhibition hall of the history of the Semipalatinsk test site on August 27, 2025.

Date of event: August 27, 2025

Venue: National Nuclear Center of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Abai region, Kurchatov town, 2 Beibit Atom Str.)

Program:

Visitors to the exhibition hall will learn about one of the most controversial yet undoubtedly vivid pages in national history, detailing the main stages of the creation and development of the test site, the specifics of conducting nuclear tests, and the life and work of the outstanding experimental physicist Igor Kurchatov and a number of other prominent nuclear physicists.
At the exhibition hall there are various measuring instruments, mid-50s original reports, mock-ups, photographs of the period of the nuclear test site existence.  

Tour schedule:

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. (in Kazakh)

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 o’clock (in Russian)

03:00 p.m. – 04:00 p.m. (in English)

Important: Any person wishing has to submit an application by August 15, 2025 (foreign citizens) and by August 20, 2025 (citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan ) stating their full name, desired time of visit, and also attach a copy of an identity document (to obtain a pass to the territory of the National Nuclear Center).

Please, send your applications to: zhanbyrbaeva@nnc.kz
Enquiries at: 8 (72251) 3-34-13 (ext. 211)