The Nobel Peace Prize 1975
Awarded on: 1975-10-09
"for his struggle for human rights in the Soviet Union, for disarmament and cooperation between all nations"
Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov
Born: 1921-05-21 in Moscow, Russia
Gender: male
Field: Soviet nuclear physicist and human rights activist (1921–1989)
Biography
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.