Sakharov smuggled Nobel Prize speech to Oslo via embassy ploy
On a cold December morning in 1975, Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov met a Norwegian diplomat on a Moscow street to hand over ...
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The Secret Nobel Mission: Sakharov's Defiant Speech
Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov, prohibited from attending the Nobel ceremony in Oslo, secretly passed his acceptance speech to a Norwegian diplomat in Moscow. The speech, read by his wife, ...
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Scientists and Mathematicians in the U.S.S.R
Andrei Sakharov once described Igor Kurchatov as a man whose most pronounced trait was his fascination with "grand" science. The physicist who headed the Soviet nuclear program from 1943 until his ...
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Sakharov smuggled Nobel Prize speech to Oslo via embassy ploy, papers reveal 50 years on
OSLO (Reuters) - On a cold December morning in 1975, Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov met a Norwegian diplomat on a Moscow street to hand over his acceptance speech for the Nobel Peace Prize ...
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Sakharov Smuggled Nobel Prize Speech to Oslo Via Embassy Ploy, Papers Reveal 50 Years On
Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov met a Norwegian diplomat on a Moscow street to hand over his acceptance speech for the Nobel Peace Prize, so his wife could read his words at the Oslo award ...