Sakharov
Americannoun
noun
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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
The Soviet Union vocally protested the prize to dissident Andrei Sakharov in 1975, arguing that it was aimed at fueling antigovernment sentiment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026
In 2014, Abdel Fattah was nominated for a European human rights award, the Sakharov Prize, but this was withdrawn over tweets about Israel he had posted in 2012.
From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025
Sakharov, who died in 1989, was a key figure in developing the Soviet Union’s hydrogen bomb program but later become renowned for his activism in promoting human rights and freedom of conscience.
From Washington Times • Aug. 18, 2023
A thirty-four-year-old physicist named Andrei Sakharov stood with scientists and Soviet officials on an outdoor platform about forty miles from ground zero.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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