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First Soviet atomic test

The Soviet Union exploded its first atomic bomb on 29 August 1949.

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  1. 29 Aug 1949 First Soviet atomic test
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  1. Manhattan Project: Joe 1 (image caption), U.S. Department of Energy, Office of History and Heritage Resources (OSTI OpenNet). Primary record
    Joe 1, the first Soviet atomic test, August 29, 1949.
  2. Statement by the President Announcing the First Atomic Explosion in the U.S.S.R., 23 September 1949, Harry S. Truman Library and Museum (Public Papers of the Presidents), 23 Sep 1949. Primary record
    We have evidence that within recent weeks an atomic explosion occurred in the U.S.S.R.
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