Viktor Adamsky

Viktor Borisovich Adamsky (; 30 April 1923 – 14 December 2005) was a Soviet and Russian physicist known for his work on the former Soviet program of nuclear weapons.

Biography Adamsky was born in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union, on 30 April 1923.

Sakharov once visited Adamsky in his office to show him a short story in English by Leo Szilard (the nuclear bomb patent-holder who conceived of nuclear chain reactions) called My Trial as a War Criminal. Szilard's tale of the aftermath of the usage of weapons of mass destruction affected them strongly. Later, both Sakharov and Adamsky provided warnings about the dangers to humanity of nuclear proliferation and the governments behind it.

Two years after the RDS-220 test, Adamsky made a key proposal in a memorandum which it is believed was used to overcome an impasse a few months later during negotiations leading to the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty between the U.S.A., the U.K. and the U.S.S.R. in 1963. As a result of Khruschev's acceptance of Adamsky's proposal (it is not known if he actually read it) the ban was agreed upon in the atmosphere, underwater and outer space. Adamsky is buried in Sarov cemetery.

Awards 1962: Lenin Prize 1956: Order of the Red Banner of Labor 1954: Medal "For Labour Valour"