Native name | Андрей Дмитриевич Сахаров |
Born | May 21, 1921, Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Died | December 14, 1989, Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Residence | Moscow |
Nationality | Soviet |
Fields | Nuclear physics, physical cosmology |
Alma mater | Moscow State University, FIAN |
Known for | RDS-37, Soviet nuclear program, Tokamak, Dissidence, Human rights activism, Sakharov conditions |
Notable awards | Hero of Socialist Labor, (1953 1955 1962), Stalin Prize (1953), Lenin Prize (1956), Prix mondial Cino Del Duca (1974), Nobel Peace Prize (1975), Elliott Cresson Medal (1985) |
Spouse | Klavdia Alekseyevna Vikhireva (1943–1969, her death), Yelena Bonner (1972–1989, his death) |
About Andrei Sakharov
Physicist Andrei Sakharov was born in Russia on May 21, 1921. He dies at the age of 68, on December 14, 1989.
Worked on the hydrogen bomb and other Soviet thermonuclear weapons as a Russian atomic physicist. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1975 for his advocacy of civil liberties and civil reforms within the communist society, as an outspoken dissident and opponent of the Soviet regime.
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Andrei Sakharov before becoming famous
Andrei Sakharov was born in the Zodiac sign Gemini (The Bull), and 1921 is also the year of Rooster (雞) in the Chinese Zodiac.
He followed in the footsteps of his grandpa, who fought for civil rights in Tsarist Russia.
Achievement of Andrei Sakharov
After being detained for openly denouncing the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, he was transferred to internal exile in Gorky, which was off-limits to foreigners.
Andrei Sakharov's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship
He was not allowed to leave the USSR to accept the Nobel Peace Prize, so his wife traveled to Oslo, Norway, and read his acceptance speech.
Andrei Sakharov Collabed with
He was exiled in 1980, but Russian President World Leader Mikhail Gorbachev invited him back to live in Moscow six years later.
Andrei Sakharov Income & Net worth
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