Andrei Sakharov
Andrei Sakharov was born in Moscow, Russia on May 21st, 1921 and is the Physicist. At the age of 68, Andrei Sakharov biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov (Russian) ндре ариеви аров, IPA: [ndrj trj tctrj nдр]: [[ndrjej mn jrj] [dmjitrj], a Soviet nuclear physicist, dissident, Nobel Laureate, and promoter of nuclear disarm a
He is best known as the designer of the RDS-37, a codeword for Soviet Union thermonuclear weapons development. Sakharov later became a promoter of civil rights and civil reforms in the Soviet Union, for which he was the object of state persecution; as a result of his efforts, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1975. In his honour, the Sakharov Prize, which is awarded annually by the European Parliament for individuals and groups dedicated to human rights and freedoms, has been named in his honour.
Honours and awards
- Hero of Socialist Labour (three times: 12 August 1953; 20 June 1956; 7 March 1962).
- Four Orders of Lenin.
- Lenin Prize (1956).
- Stalin Prize (1953).
- Elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1969)
- Elected member of the National Academy of Sciences (1973)