Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov : Soviet Nuclear Physicist, Dissident, Nobel Laureate and Activist for Disarmament, Peace, and Human Rights

May 21, 1921 — December 14, 1989

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A Soviet nuclear physicist, dissident, nobel laureate and activist for nuclear disarmament, peace, and human rights. He became renowned as the designer of the Soviet Union's RDS-37, a codename for Soviet development of thermonuclear weapons.

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May 21, 1921

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December 14, 1989

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