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Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov (Russian: Андрей Дмитриевич Сахаров; 21 May 1921 – 14 December 1989) was a Soviet physicist and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, which he was awarded in 1975 for emphasizing human rights around the world.
Apr 5, 2024 · Andrey Sakharov (born May 21, 1921, Moscow, Russia—died December 14, 1989, Moscow) was a Soviet nuclear theoretical physicist, an outspoken advocate of human rights, civil liberties, and reform in the Soviet Union as well as rapprochement with noncommunist nations.
Jun 18, 2021 · How Andrei Sakharov went from Soviet hero to dissident — and forced the world to pay attention to human rights. US President Ronald Reagan meeting with Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov in the...
Topic. human rights. The 21st of May marks the centenary of the birth of Andrei Sakharov, one of the great physicists of the twentieth century who was also one of the world’s most courageous and renowned proponents of freedom and human rights.
May 20, 2021 · Andrei Sakharov is best remembered today as one of the foremost human rights advocates of the 20th century, winning the Nobel Peace Prize for his outspoken opposition to the Soviet Union's...
Jul 25, 2018 · By Masha Gessen. July 25, 2018. Andrei Sakharov, pictured in 1977, was transformed from the Soviet Union’s most brilliant young nuclear physicist to one of the world’s best-qualified crusaders ...
The father of the Soviet hydrogen bomb, Andrei Sakharov, was awarded the Peace Prize in 1975 for his opposition to the abuse of power and his work for human rights. The leaders of the Soviet Union reacted with fury, and refused Sakharov permission to travel to Oslo to receive the Prize.
