Andrey Dmitrievich Sakharov - Biography.

Andrey Dmitrievich Sakharov - Biography. Soviet nuclear physicist Birth May 21, 1921 Death December 14, 1989 Place of Moscow, Russia Birth Known for Developing nuclear weapons for the Soviet Union Advocating human rights and nuclear arms control Winning the 1975 Nobel Peace Prize Career 1942 Graduated from Moscow State University with a degree in physics 1945 Accepted a research position at the P. N. Lebedev Institute of Physics in Moscow 1948 Joined the Soviet nuclear research team that produced the Soviet nuclear bomb, first tested in August 1953 1968 Wrote 'Reflections on Progress, Peaceful Coexistence, and Intellectual Freedom,' an essay calling for a reduction of Cold War tensions and greater freedom in the Soviet Union 1970 Helped found the Committee for Human Rights 1980 Was exiled to the city of Gorky (now Nizhniy Novgorod) for opposing the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 1989 Won election to the Congress of People's Deputies Did You Out of favor with Soviet authorities, Sakharov was not allowed to travel to Oslo in 1975 to accept his Nobel Peace Prize. Know Sakharov helped lay the groundwork for harnessing nuclear fusion to provide energy. Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.