Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov was a Soviet nuclear physicist, dissident, nobel laureate and activist for nuclear disarmament, peace, and human rights.
He became renowned as the designer of the 查看更多內容

Early life
Sakharov was born in Moscow on May 21, 1921. His father was Dmitri Ivanovich Sakharov, a physics professor and an amateur pianist. His father taught at the Second Moscow State University. Andrei's grandfather Ivan … 查看更多內容

Places
• In Moscow, there is Academician Sakharov Avenue and Sakharov Center.
• During the 1980s, the block of 16th Street NW between L and M streets, in front of the Soviet embassy in Washington, D.C. (which later … 查看更多內容

Books
• Sakharov, Andrei (1974). Sakharov speaks. Collins: Harvill Press. ISBN 978-0-00-262755-9.
• Sakharov, Andrei (1975). My country and the world. Knopf. ISBN 978-0-394-40226-0. 查看更多內容

Memorial prizes
The Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought was established in 1988 by the European Parliament in his honour, and is the highest tribute to human rights endeavours awarded by the European Union. It is … 查看更多內容

• Hero of Socialist Labour (three times: 12 August 1953; 20 June 1956; 7 March 1962).
• Four Orders of Lenin.
• Lenin Prize (1956).
• Stalin Prize (1953). 查看更多內容

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