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Also Known As Andrey Dmitriyevich Sakharov
Born May 21, 1921 • Moscow • Russia
Died December 14, 1989 (aged 68) • Moscow • Russia
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1975)
Subjects Of Study nuclear energy • Tsar Bomba

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