Witness History: Archive 2010 - Andrei Sakharov

The nuclear physicist and human rights activist Andrei Sakharov had spent seven years in internal exile in the Soviet city of Gorky.

His return marked a change in attitude towards dissidents under the rule of Mikhail Gorbachev.

Published on Thursday, 23rd December 2010.

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