Tsar Bomba
Tsar Bomba\xa0(Russian:\xa0\u0426\u0430\u0440\u044c-\u0431\u043e\u0301\u043c\u0431\u0430,\xa0tr.\xa0Tsar'-b\xf3mba,\xa0IPA:\xa0[t\u0361sar\u02b2 \u02c8bomb\u0259],\xa0lit.\xa0Tsar\xa0Ivan bomb/King of Bombs;) was the\xa0Western\xa0nickname for the\xa0Soviet\xa0RDS-220\xa0hydrogen bomb\xa0(code name\xa0Ivan[3]\xa0or\xa0Vanya), the most powerful\xa0nuclear weapon\xa0ever created. Its test on 30 October 1961 remains the most powerful\xa0explosive\xa0ever detonated. It was also referred to as\xa0Kuzma's mother\xa0(Russian:\xa0\u041a\u0443\u0301\u0437\u044c\u043a\u0438\u043d\u0430 \u043c\u0430\u0301\u0442\u044c,\xa0tr.\xa0K\xfaz'kina m\xe1t',\xa0IPA:\xa0[\u02c8kus\u02b2k\u02b2\u026an\u0259 \u02c8mat\u02b2]),[4]\xa0possibly referring to\xa0First secretary\xa0Nikita Khrushchev's promise to\xa0show the United States a Kuzma's mother\xa0(an\xa0idiom\xa0roughly translating to "We'll show you!") at a 1960 session of\xa0United Nations General Assembly.[5][6]
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