Andrei Sakharov

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Noun1.Andrei Sakharov - Soviet physicist and dissident; helped develop the first Russian hydrogen bomb; advocated nuclear disarmament and campaigned for human rights (1921-1989)
Andrei Dimitrievich Sakharov, Sakharov
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The prize, is granted by the European Parliament, and was named after Russian scientist and dissident Andrei Sakharov. Sakharov was a famed Russian nuclear physicist, and a vocal activist for disarmament, peace and human rights.
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Like Andrei Sakharov, Vaclav Havel, Aung San Suu Kyi and so many dissidents that came before them, the men were hit with a bogus charge ('unlawful assembly'), were found guilty and served out their punishments last year.
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D'Amato (R-N.Y.) changed the address of the then-Soviet Embassy on 16th Street NW to 1 Andrei Sakharov Plaza, in honor of the Russian dissident and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, who was being kept in internal exile in Gorky (the Soviet-era name for Nizhny Novgorod).
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The Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, named after the late Russian dissident and scientist Andrei Sakharov is awarded each year by the European Parliament.
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