Death of Andrei Sakharov

Title

Death of Andrei Sakharov

Genre

Interview; Tribute; Obituary

TX Date

15 Dec 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:02:28

Description

Nigel Dearing reports on the death of Soviet disssident, Dr Andrei Sakharov. The report looks at his life, his work on nuclear physics, and his political dissidence. Fellow dissident, Vladimir Bukovsky talks about his political life, his defence of human rights, and his banishment to a closed city. UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher also pays tribute.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Nigel Dearing; Vladimir Bukovsky

Keywords

Deaths; Human rights; Exiles; USSR; Andrei Sakharov; Political activists; Physicists

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