- Source: List of nuclear weapons tests of the Soviet Union
The nuclear weapons tests of the Soviet Union were performed between 1949 and 1990 as part of the nuclear arms race. The Soviet Union conducted 715 nuclear tests using 969 total devices by official count, including 219 atmospheric, underwater, and space tests and 124 peaceful use tests. Most of the tests took place at the Southern Test Site in Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan and the Northern Test Site at Novaya Zemlya. Other tests took place at various locations within the Soviet Union, including now-independent Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine and Turkmenistan.
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List of nuclear weapons tests
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- Tempat Uji Semipalatinsk
- Perang Rusia–Ukraina
- Korea Utara dan senjata pemusnah massal
- Litium
- List of nuclear weapons tests of the Soviet Union
- List of nuclear weapons tests
- Nuclear weapons testing
- List of states with nuclear weapons
- List of nuclear weapons
- Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
- Historical nuclear weapons stockpiles and nuclear tests by country
- Russia and weapons of mass destruction
- Semipalatinsk Test Site
- Nuclear arms race