Andrei Sakharov

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1. When was Andrei Sakharov born?May 21, 1921
2. Where was Andrei Sakharov born?Moscow, Russia
3. When did Andrei Sakharov die?December 14, 1989 (age 68)
4. What is the internal exile location?Gorky (now Nizhny Novgorod), USSR (1980-1986)
5. Who was Andrei Sakharov?He was a Soviet scientist who helped build powerful nuclear bombs and later became a famous advocate for peace and human rights.
6. What did Sakharov do that made him famous?He helped design the Tsar Bomba, one of the most powerful hydrogen bombs, and later won a Nobel Peace Prize for his work to stop nuclear weapons and defend human rights.

Thermonuclear Weapon: A type of nuclear weapon that derives its explosive force from the nuclear fusion of isotopes of hydrogen.
Dissident Movement: Organized opposition within a country against its government's policies or ideology.
Glasnost and Perestroika: Mikhail Gorbachev's policies of 'openness' and 'restructuring' that aimed to reform the Soviet Union.