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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