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Why was Andrei Dmitriyevich Sakharov famous?

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Andrei Dmitriyevich Sakharov was the first Soviet citizen to receive the Nobel Peace Prize (1975). From 1948 to 1956 he helped to develop the USSR's hydrogen bomb.

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