Andrei Sakharov
AKA Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov
Born: 21-May-1921
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: 14-Dec-1989
Location of death: Moscow, Russia
Cause of death: Heart Failure
Remains: Buried, Vagankovskoye Cemetery, Moscow, Russia
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Physicist
Nationality: Russia
Executive summary: Developed the Soviet hydrogen bomb
Wife: Klavdia (d. Mar-1969 cancer, three children)
Wife: Yelena Bonner (pediatrician and activist, m. 1971, until his death)
University: BS Physics, Moscow State University (1938-42)
University: PhD Physics, P. N. Lebedev Institute (1947)
Professor: Lebedev Institute (1945-80)
American Philosophical Society 1978
Russian Academy of Sciences 1953
Hero of Socialist Labor 1953
Hero of Socialist Labor 1956
Hero of Socialist Labor 1962
Order of Lenin (twice)
Stalin Prize
Nobel Peace Prize 1975
Humanist of the Year 1980
Asteroid Namesake 1979 Sakharov
Hunger Strike
Exiled to Nizhny Novgorod (1980-85)
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