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Sakharov
[ sah-kuh-rawf, -rof, sak-uh-; Russian sah-khuh-ruhf ]
noun
- An·drei (Dmi·tri·e·vich) [ahn, -drey di-, mee, -tree-, uh, -vich, uhn-, dryey, , dmyee, -t, r, yi-yi-vyich], 1921–1989, Russian nuclear physicist and human-rights advocate: Nobel Peace Prize 1975.
Sakharov
/ zaˈxarəf /
noun
- SakharovAndrei19211989MRussianSCIENCE: physicistPOLITICS: human-rights campaigner Andrei (anˈdrjej). 1921–89, Soviet physicist and human-rights campaigner: Nobel peace prize 1975
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At that first meeting, activists elected Nobel laureate Andrei Sakharov to be the chair for their society.
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In the past, there was a square in Washington in front of the Soviet embassy which was called ‘Sakharov Plaza.’
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So each time they had to write something at the Soviet embassy, they had to mention Sakharov.
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When I was head of Random House, I published the books of Andrei Sakharov, Vaclav Havel, Natan Sharansky, and others.
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When he addressed a demonstration last weekend on Sakharov Prospect, the biggest in Moscow in 20 years, the crowd went wild.
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