Andrei Sakharov

[sah-kuh-rawf, -rof, sak-uh-; Russ. sah-khuh-ruhf]

Sa·kha·rov

[sah-kuh-rawf, -rof, sak-uh-; Russ. sah-khuh-ruhf]
noun
An·drei (Dmi·tri·e·vich) [ahn-drey di-mee-tree-uh-vich; Russ. uhn-dryey dmyee-tryi-yi-vyich] , 1921–1989, Russian nuclear physicist and human-rights advocate: Nobel peace prize 1975.
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andrei sakharov

noun
Soviet physicist and dissident; helped develop the first Russian hydrogen bomb; advocated nuclear disarmament and campaigned for human rights (1921-1989) [syn: Sakharov
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