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Andrei Sakharov
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Andrei Sakharov

Politician · born May 21, 1921 · died 1989

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Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov was a Soviet physicist and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, which he was awarded in 1975 for emphasizing human rights around the world.

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  1. ~32Named Hero of Socialist Labour1953
  2. ~32Received the Stalin Prize1953
  3. ~35Received the Order of Lenin1956
  4. 35Received the Lenin PrizeSeptember 7, 1956
  5. ~54Received the Nobel Peace Prize1975

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