How did the Soviet Union develop their Atomic Bomb?

         The Soviet Union did not keep a record of the Soviet atomic project, even of the major events, so there is very little information known about this topic. As it was a regime with strict secrecy, only a few of the top leaders knew of the events on the atomic bomb project. Most of the people who worked on this project have died, so it is really difficult to find out about the project. Much …

…prison, Fuchs went to East Germany to resume his scientific career.                  Fuch's help in creating the Soviet bomb is debatable. Some say that Fuch's help, saved the Russians 10 years of research, and his help was crucial to the development of the bomb. Yet others, say it only helped the Soviets save 1 or 2 years of research. In 1949, however the Russians tested their first nuclear bomb, and Sakharov was named as "father of the Soviet nuclear bomb"