USSR - Year 1961
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Explosions
57
Total yield
96.7 MT
First shot
1961-09-01
Last shot
1961-11-04
| Year | Name | Date | Location | Yield |
| 1961 | 84 | 1961-09-01 | Semiplatinsk Test Site | 16 kT |
| 1961 | 85 | 1961-09-04 | Semiplatinsk Ground Zero (Tech Area) | 9.00 kT |
| 1961 | 86 | 1961-09-05 | Semiplatinsk Ground Zero (Tech Area) | 16 kT |
| 1961 | 87 | 1961-09-06 | Semiplatinsk Test Site | 1 kT |
| 1961 | 88 | 1961-09-06 | Missile Test Range near Kapustin Yar Astrakhan region | 11 kT |
| 1961 | 89 | 1961-09-09 | Semiplatinsk Test Site | 0.38 kT |
| 1961 | 90 | 1961-09-10 | Novaya-Zemlya Mityushikha Bay | 3.0 MT |
| 1961 | 92 | 1961-09-10 | Semiplatinsk Test Site | 0.88 kT |
| 1961 | 91 | 1961-09-10 | Novaya-Zemlya Chernaya Bay | 12 kT |
| 1961 | 93 | 1961-09-11 | Semiplatinsk Test Site | 0.3 kT |
| 1961 | 94 | 1961-09-12 | Novaya-Zemlya Mityushikha Bay | 1.0 MT |
| 1961 | 96 | 1961-09-13 | Semiplatinsk Ground Zero (Tech Area) | 10.00 kT |
| 1961 | 95 | 1961-09-13 | Novaya-Zemlya Chernaya Bay | 6.00 kT |
| 1961 | 98 | 1961-09-14 | Novaya-Zemlya Mityushikha Bay | 1.0 MT |
| 1961 | 97 | 1961-09-14 | Semiplatinsk Ground Zero (Tech Area) | 0.4 kT |
| 1961 | 99 | 1961-09-16 | Novaya-Zemlya Mityushikha Bay | 830 kT |
| 1961 | 100 | 1961-09-17 | Semiplatinsk Ground Zero (Tech Area) | 21 kT |
| 1961 | 101 | 1961-09-18 | Novaya-Zemlya Mityushikha Bay | 1.0 MT |
| 1961 | 102 | 1961-09-18 | Semiplatinsk Test Site | 0.004 kT |
| 1961 | 103 | 1961-09-18 | Semiplatinsk Test Site | 0.75 kT |
| 1961 | 104 | 1961-09-19 | Semiplatinsk Test Site | 0.03 kT |
| 1961 | 105 | 1961-09-20 | Semiplatinsk Test Site | 5.00 kT |
| 1961 | 106 | 1961-09-20 | Novaya-Zemlya Mityushikha Bay | 2.0 MT |
| 1961 | 107 | 1961-09-21 | Semiplatinsk Ground Zero (Tech Area) | 0.8 kT |
| 1961 | 108 | 1961-09-22 | Novaya-Zemlya Mityushikha Bay | 260 kT |
| 1961 | 109 | 1961-09-26 | Semiplatinsk Ground Zero (Tech Area) | 1 kT |
| 1961 | 110 | 1961-10-01 | Semiplatinsk Test Site | 3.00 kT |
| 1961 | 111 | 1961-10-02 | Novaya-Zemlya Mityushikha Bay | 250 kT |
| 1961 | 113 | 1961-10-04 | Novaya-Zemlya Mityushikha Bay | 3.0 MT |
| 1961 | 112 | 1961-10-04 | Semiplatinsk Ground Zero (Tech Area) | 13 kT |
| 1961 | 114 | 1961-10-06 | Novaya-Zemlya Mityushikha Bay | 4.0 MT |
| 1961 | 115 | 1961-10-06 | Missile Test Range near Kapustin Yar Astrakhan region | 40 kT |
| 1961 | 116 | 1961-10-08 | Novaya-Zemlya Chernaya Bay | 15 kT |
| 1961 | 117 | 1961-10-11 | Semiplatinsk Degelen V-1 | 1 kT |
| 1961 | 118 | 1961-10-12 | Semiplatinsk Ground Zero (Tech Area) | 15 kT |
| 1961 | 119 | 1961-10-17 | Semiplatinsk Ground Zero (Tech Area) | 7.00 kT |
| 1961 | 120 | 1961-10-19 | Semiplatinsk Ground Zero (Tech Area) | 10.00 kT |
| 1961 | 121 Raduga | 1961-10-20 | Novaya-Zemlya Mityushikha Bay | 1.0 MT |
| 1961 | 122 Korall 1 | 1961-10-23 | Novaya-Zemlya Chernaya Bay | 5.00 kT |
| 1961 | 123 | 1961-10-23 | Novaya-Zemlya Mityushikha Bay | 13.0 MT |
| 1961 | 124 | 1961-10-25 | Novaya-Zemlya Mityushikha Bay | 300 kT |
| 1961 | 125 | 1961-10-25 | Semiplatinsk Test Site | 0.5 kT |
| 1961 | 126 Korall 2 | 1961-10-27 | Novaya-Zemlya Chernaya Bay | 16 kT |
| 1961 | 130 Tsar Bomba | 1961-10-30 | Novaya-Zemlya Mityushikha Bay | 58.0 MT |
| 1961 | 129 | 1961-10-30 | Semiplatinsk Test Site | 0.09 kT |
| 1961 | 132 | 1961-10-31 | Novaya-Zemlya Mityushikha Bay | 400 kT |
| 1961 | 131 | 1961-10-31 | Novaya-Zemlya Mityushikha Bay | 5.0 MT |
| 1961 | 133 | 1961-11-01 | Semiplatinsk Test Site | 3.00 kT |
| 1961 | 135 | 1961-11-02 | Novaya-Zemlya Mityushikha Bay | 280 kT |
| 1961 | 136 | 1961-11-02 | Semiplatinsk Test Site | 0.6 kT |
| 1961 | 134 | 1961-11-02 | Novaya-Zemlya Mityushikha Bay | 120 kT |
| 1961 | 137 | 1961-11-03 | Semiplatinsk Test Site | 0.001 kT |
| 1961 | 138 | 1961-11-03 | Semiplatinsk Test Site | 0.9 kT |
| 1961 | 142 | 1961-11-04 | Semiplatinsk Test Site | 0.2 kT |
| 1961 | 140 | 1961-11-04 | Novaya-Zemlya Mityushikha Bay | 2.0 MT |
| 1961 | 139 | 1961-11-04 | Novaya-Zemlya | 15 kT |
| 1961 | 141 | 1961-11-04 | Novaya-Zemlya | 6.00 kT |