• Family background and early life[edit]. Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov was born in Moscow on 21 May 1921, to a Russian family.
  • With the Cold War with the United States heating up, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev turned to Sakharov to come up with the world’s most powerful bomb ever.
  • Virtual Museum of Andrei Sakharov is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the great scientist and human rights activist.
  • Although the reclusive nature of the research would potentially cause others to recoil and suffer, Sakharov indulged in it given the nature of his upbringing.
  • Sakharov was awarded the prize in recognition of his struggle against “the abuse of power and violations of human dignity in all its forms.”
  • Following his marriage in 1943 (he and his wife raised two daughters and a son) Sakharov returned to Moscow in 1945 to further his academic career.
  • ^ "Andrei Sakharov (1921 - 1989)" (İngilizce). atomicarchive.com. 22 Kasım 2015 tarihinde kaynağından arşivlendi. Erişim tarihi: 24 Mayıs 2016.
  • Andrey Saharov insan haklarının önde gelen savunucularından SSCB'li nükleer fizikçi. SCB'nin ilk hidrojen bombasının yapım çalışmalarını gerçekleştirdi..
  • CONTACTS. Postal address: The Andrei Sakharov Science Endowment Fund, PO Box 46, 123100, Moscow, Russia. Phone: +7(495)924-3008.
  • Andrei Sakharov was born on May 21, 1921, in Moscow (USSR) and revealed his talent for theoretical physics at an early age. He obtained his doctorate in 1945.