abstract:Koval () is a Ukrainian language surname. The word means "blacksmith", making "Koval" the equivalent of "Smith" in the English-speaking world.
Col. VadimKovalsaida RS-12MTopolmissile was launched from the Kapustin Yar test site in southRussia\'s Astrakhan Region, andhit the designated targetin Sary-Shagan, Kazakhstan.
Recently Russian President Vladimir Putin posthumously awarded George Koval -- an American-born Soviet spy -- with the highest honour of the Russian state for successfully providing critical information on the U.S. Manhattan project during the Second World War.