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During his time as a physicist, he helped create the [[hydrogen bomb]] during the burgeoning [[Cold War]]. However, he began to speak out against Communist repression, causing him to be imprisoned during the 1980s. He won a [[Nobel Peace Prize]] for his anti-Communist efforts. | During his time as a physicist, he helped create the [[hydrogen bomb]] during the burgeoning [[Cold War]]. However, he began to speak out against Communist repression, causing him to be imprisoned during the 1980s. He won a [[Nobel Peace Prize]] for his anti-Communist efforts. | ||
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Revision as of 06:13, November 18, 2011
Andrei Dmitriyevich Sakharov (1921-1989) was a Russian physicist and, later in his life, an anti-nuclear and anti-Communist activist.
During his time as a physicist, he helped create the hydrogen bomb during the burgeoning Cold War. However, he began to speak out against Communist repression, causing him to be imprisoned during the 1980s. He won a Nobel Peace Prize for his anti-Communist efforts.