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Andrei Sakharov

Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov was a Soviet physicist and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, which he was awarded in 1975 for emphasizing human rights around the world.

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science · Soviet nuclear physicist and human rights activist (1921–1989) · physicist · human rights defender · nuclear physicist · politician · also Andrei Sakharov, AndAndrei D. Sakharovrei Dmitrievich Sakharov, Sakharov

Born 21 May 1921 · Died 14 December 1989 · Q997

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Awarded honorary doctorate of Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 (1989).
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Awarded Akademiepenning (1989).
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2023· 1 entry

Jan 23, 2023Documented record69% confidence

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TASS: Andrei Sakharov Foundation interfered in Russian elections last year, says lawmaker

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2021· 1 entry

May 20, 2021Documented record69% confidence

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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Andrei Sakharov's Life In Photos: From Bomb Maker To 'The Conscience Of Mankind'

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2016· 1 entry

Dec 22, 2016Documented record69% confidence

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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: The 'Humanizing' Role Of Andrei Sakharov

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2009· 1 entry

Dec 21, 2009Documented record69% confidence

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Harper's Magazine: Andrei Sakharov Misremembered

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2006· 1 entry

Nov 12, 2006Documented record69% confidence

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Time: Andrei Sakharov (13 Nov 2006)

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2004· 1 entry

2004Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

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With the approval of Yelena Bonner, an annual Sakharov Prize for journalism was established for reporters and commentators in Russia

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1989· 3 entries

Dec 14, 1989Documented record86% confidence

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Died 1989-12-14.

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Jun 15, 1989Documented record84% confidence

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Awarded honorary doctorate of Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 (1989).

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Jun 15, 1989Documented record84% confidence

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Awarded Akademiepenning (1989).

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1988· 3 entries

Jun 15, 1988Documented record84% confidence

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Awarded Albert Einstein Peace Prize (1988).

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1988Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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By the European Parliament in his honour, and is the highest tribute to human rights endeavours awarded by the European Union

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1988Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

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Sakharov was given the International Humanist Award by the International Humanist and Ethical Union

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1985· 2 entries

Jun 15, 1985Documented record84% confidence

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Awarded honorary doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (1985).

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Jun 15, 1985Documented record84% confidence

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Won Elliott Cresson Medal (1985).

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1984· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1984Documented record84% confidence

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Awarded Dr. Tomalla Prize (1984).

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1983· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1983Documented record84% confidence

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Awarded Leo Szilard Lectureship Award (1983).

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1982· 1 entry

1982Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

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When Sakharov was in exile in Nizhny Novgorod, and was dedicated both to Sakharov and to Alexei Leonov

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1980· 3 entries

Jun 15, 1980Documented record84% confidence

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Awarded Fritt Ord Award (1980).

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Jun 15, 1980Documented record84% confidence

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Awarded Humanist of the Year (1980).

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1980Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

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Sakharov was stripped of all Soviet awards for "anti-Soviet activities"

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1979· 3 entries

Jun 15, 1979Documented record84% confidence

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Awarded Heinz R. Pagels Human Rights of Scientists Award (1979).

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1979Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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And was sent to the city of Gorky, now Nizhny Novgorod, a city that was off limits to foreigners

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1979Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

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An asteroid, 1979 Sakharov, was named after him

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1975· 3 entries

Dec 10, 1975Documented record85% confidence

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Awarded the Nobel Prize in Peace — for his struggle for human rights in the Soviet Union, for disarmament and cooperation between all nations.

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Jun 15, 1975Documented record84% confidence

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Awarded Nobel Peace Prize (1975).

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1975Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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For emphasizing human rights around the world

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1974· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1974Documented record84% confidence

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Awarded Prix mondial Cino Del Duca (1974).

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1973· 2 entries

1973Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

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Sakharov was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, and in 1974, he was awarded the Prix mondial Cino Del Duca

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1973Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

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And 1974, the Soviet media campaign continued, targeting both Sakharov and Solzhenitsyn for their pro-Western, anti-socialist positions

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1972· 1 entry

1972Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

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Sakharov became the target of sustained pressure from his fellow scientists in the Soviet Academy of Sciences and the Soviet press

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1970· 1 entry

1970Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

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Sakharov was among the three founding members of the Committee on Human Rights in the USSR, along with Valery Chalidze and Andrei Tverdokhlebov

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1967· 1 entry

1967Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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When anti-ballistic missile defense became a key issue in US–Soviet relations

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1966· 1 entry

1966Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

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Sakharov was one of the signatories on the Letter of the Twenty Five regarding the inadmissibility of "partial or indirect rehabilitation of Joseph Stalin"

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1964· 1 entry

1964Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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When the Soviet Academy of Sciences nominated for full membership Nikolai Nuzhdin, a follower of Trofim Lysenko (initiator of the Stalin-supported anti-genetics campaign Lysenkoism)

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1962· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1962Documented record84% confidence

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Awarded Hero of Socialist Labour (1962).

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1956· 2 entries

Jun 15, 1956Documented record84% confidence

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Awarded Lenin Prize (1956).

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Jun 15, 1956Documented record84% confidence

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Awarded Order of Lenin (1956).

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1955· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1955Documented record84% confidence

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Awarded Hero of Socialist Labour (1955).

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1953· 2 entries

Jun 15, 1953Documented record84% confidence

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Awarded Hero of Socialist Labour (1953).

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Jun 15, 1953Documented record84% confidence

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Awarded Stalin Prize (1953).

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1951· 1 entry

1951Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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Invented and tested the first explosively pumped flux compression generators, compressing magnetic fields by explosives

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1950· 2 entries

1950Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

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Sakharov played a key role in the development of the first megaton-range Soviet hydrogen bomb using a design known as Sakharov's Third Idea in Russia and the Teller–Ulam design in the United States

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1950Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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Proposed an idea for a controlled nuclear fusion reactor, the tokamak, based on Oleg Lavrentiev's idea

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1948· 1 entry

1948Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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Came up with a second concept in August–September 1948

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1947· 2 entries

1947Source gives the year onlyDocumented record72% confidence

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In 1947, Sakharov successfully defended his thesis for the Doctor of Sciences (lit.

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1947Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

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Sakharov successfully defended his thesis for the Doctor of Sciences (lit

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1945· 1 entry

1945Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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Joined the Theoretical Department of Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences under Igor Tamm in Moscow

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1943· 1 entry

1943Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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Married Klavdia Alekseyevna Vikhireva, with whom he raised two daughters and a son

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1942· 2 entries

1942Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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Moved to Ulyanovsk, working in the Voldarsky munitions plant

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Jan 1, 1942Documented record84% confidence

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Studied at MSU Faculty of Physics (1938–1942).

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1938· 1 entry

1938Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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And, following evacuation in 1941 from fighting on the Eastern Front with Germany, he graduated in Ashgabat in the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic

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1921· 1 entry

May 21, 1921Documented record86% confidence

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Born 1921-05-21.

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