Andrei Sakharov
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Government and Politics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Science
- Subcategories: Civil Rights, Minority Rights, Minorities, Scientists, Physics, Physicists, Peace Movement, Pacifism, Pacifists, Human Rights
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, Russian/Former Soviet States History
Article abstract: Sakharov’s work as a scientist and human rights activist made him an important international figure. His scientific work played a key role in the production of the first hydrogen bomb and later in the study of the structure of the universe. His calls for civil rights in the Soviet Union commanded attention and respect throughout the world and earned for him the Nobel Peace Prize in 1975.
Early Life
Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov was born in Moscow on May 21, 1921, son of Dmitri Sakharov, a professor of physics at the Lenin Pedagogical...
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