Definition of Andrei Sakharov

1. Noun. Soviet physicist and dissident; helped develop the first Russian hydrogen bomb; advocated nuclear disarmament and campaigned for human rights (1921-1989).

Exact synonyms: Andrei Dimitrievich Sakharov, Sakharov
Generic synonyms: Nuclear Physicist

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Literary usage of Andrei Sakharov

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Whither Human Rights in Russia: Congressional Hearing edited by Christopher H. Smith (2000)
"ELENA BONNER, CHAIR, THE Andrei Sakharov FOUNDATION, AND ONE OF THE ORIGINAL MEMBERS OF THE MOSCOW HELSINKI GROUP I want to use my remarks to discuss a ..."

2. Russia's Wrong Direction: What the United States Can and Should Do : Report by John Edwards, Jack Kemp (2006)
"She is coauthor of a new biography of Andrei Sakharov and translator of Alexander II, by Edvard Radzinsky. The founding Executive Director of the Soros ..."

3. The Other Side of the Table: the Soviet approach to arms control by Michael Mandelbaum (1990)
"4 Physicist Andrei Sakharov has written of his misgivings about continued testing: Beginning in 1957 (not without the influence of statements on this ..."

4. Capital (1888)
"... Dr. Andrei Sakharov. I shall not be surprised if the nomination receives strong support from many influential people in the United States and western ..."

5. Dilemmas of Independence: Ukraine after Totalitarianism by Alexander J. Motyl (1993)
"Nevertheless, Russians, like all imperial peoples, do bear a special burden, a point that progressive Russian intellectuals, such as Andrei Sakharov, ..."

6. Russian Orthodox Church Of Alaska And The Aleutian Islands And Its Relation by Vyacheslav Ivanov (1998)
"... the Soviet parliament, Professor Ivanov represented the liberal Moscow intellectuals who previously looked to the late Andrei Sakharov for leadership. ..."

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