Sakharov
Americannoun
noun
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For readers who remember the Cold War, Ms. Goldberg’s account is full of names that will be resonant, even nostalgic: Andrei Gromyko, Andrei Sakharov, Natan Sharansky, George Shultz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Memorial's first chairman was the Nobel Prize-winning Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov and the group established the largest publicly available database on Gulag victims.
From Barron's ● Apr. 9, 2026
In 2002, the European Union awarded Payá its top human rights award, named for Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 29, 2024
The Sakharov Prize goes further, sending a strong message of solidarity.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2023
In a secret lab in the Ural Mountains, the Soviet physicist Andrei Sakharov and his team devised a new kind of hydrogen bomb.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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