"The scientist first of all — the person"

The been born 102 years ago, Sakharov Andrey not only was the outstanding physicist, but also was in ranks of the major public figures of the time. One of founders of the first Soviet thermonuclear bomb, the youngest academician in the history of Academy of Sciences of the USSR, the winner of numerous awards for a contribution to defense of the country and at the same time — the founder of the Moscow committee on human rights, the author of articles about the world and disarmament, the opponent of repressions, itself appeared the dissident. "To you, the savior Russian Federation, thanks" — on an attestation of eyewitnesses, at once after test of the first hydrogen bomb with these words...