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The Life, Work And Activism Of Russian Nuclear Physicist And Soviet Dissident Andrei Sakharov, Head Of The Soviet Union's Nuclear Weapons Development Program Until His Activism Put Him At Odds With The Soviet State, Resulting In His Persecution And Internal Exile, Which Only Ended When Premier Gorbachev Summoned Him Back To Moscow And Ultimately Led To Sakharov's Election To The Congress Of People's Deputies Who Died On The Eve Of His Delivering Them A Speech With His Proposal For A Soviet Bill of Rights; Nobel Peace Prize Awardee, Namesake Of The European Union's Sakharov Prize For Human Rights And Archetypical Of The Best Traditions Of The Russian Intellectual, Presented In The Highest DVD Quality MPG Video Format Of 9.1 MBPS As An Archival Quality All Regions Format DVD, MP4 Video Download Or USB Flash Drive! (Color, 1991, 1 Hour 29 Minutes.) #AndreiSakharov #Physicists #NuclearPhysicists #Dissidents #SovietDissidents #Activists #NobelPrizeLaureates #NobelPeacePrize #NuclearWeapons #NuclearWar #NuclearDisarmament #HumanRights #CongressOfPeoplesDeputies #SecondRussianRevolution #SovietUnion #Glasnost #Perestroika #USSR #DVD #VideoDownload #MP4 #USBFlashDrive
Andrei Sakharov, Russian physicist, dissident, academic, activist, Nobel Prize laureate (May 21, 1921 - December 14, 1989) was born Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov in Moscow, Russian SFSR. He became a leading world figure for disarmament, peace and human rights. As head of the Soviet Union's nuclear weapons development program, he became renowned as the designer of the Soviet Union's RDS-37, a codename for Soviet development of thermonuclear weapons. His advocacy of civil liberties and civil reforms, which earned him the Nobel Peace Prize in 1975, put him at odds with the Soviet state, resulting in his persecution and internal exile, which only ended when Premier Gorbachev summoned him back to Moscow. He was elected to the Congress Of People's Deputies, and died most likely of cardiac arrhythmia at the age of 68 while taking a nap on the eve of his delivering to the congress a speech with his proposal for a Soviet bill of rights. He was interred in the Vostryakovskoye Cemetery in Moscow. The Sakharov Prize, which is awarded annually by the European Parliament for people and organizations dedicated to human rights and freedoms, is named in his honor. He is considered to be an archetype of the best traditions of the Russian intellectual.