Sa·kha·rov (sä k -rôf , s k-, sä -rf), Andrei Dimitrievich 1921-1989. Soviet physicist and dissident who helped develop the first Soviet hydrogen bomb. An outspoken advocate of human rights and nuclear disarmament, he won the 1975 Nobel Peace Prize and was banished to Gorky (now Nizhniy Novgorod) from 1980 to 1986. |
Sakharov (Russian) [zaˈxarəf]
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(Biographies / Sakharov, Andrei (1921-1989) M, Russian, SCIENCE: physicist, POLITICS: human-rights campaigner) Andrei (anˈdrjej). 1921-89, Soviet physicist and human-rights campaigner: Nobel peace prize 1975
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| Noun | 1. | Sakharov - Soviet physicist and dissident; helped develop the first Russian hydrogen bomb; advocated nuclear disarmament and campaigned for human rights (1921-1989) |
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