Atom projects : events and people This book is a collection of personal memories about the people who participated in the USSR atomic project Landau Alikhanov Pomeranchuk Alikhanian Migdal Jr. Gribov Zeldovich Sakharov Kurchatov Vannikov Eldian. As the author is the only living person who was involved in the project these personal recollections are interesting and unique for a broad audience who has been unfamiliar with the details so far Events Participants of the Soviet atom project People and their attitude towards the atomic project A view of the future