Andreĭ Sakharov papers, 1852-2002 (inclusive), 1960-1990 (bulk).

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Andreĭ Sakharov papers, 1852-2002 (inclusive), 1960-1990 (bulk).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612829830

The Andreĭ Sakharov papers comprise personal and professional papers related to Andreĭ Sakharov's family; his life and work with his wife, Elena Bonner; his work as a physicist; his campaign to limit the testing and proliferation of nuclear weapons; his human rights activities, including hunger strikes undertaken by him and Elena Bonner; his role in the development of perestroika; and the activities of many others in the Soviet Union's human rights movement. Includes various formats of Sakharov's two key autobiographical works: Memoirs; and Moscow and beyond, an autobiographical novel. Substantial material for and about his wife, Elena Bonner, is included; her papers are included separately as a component of the Andrei Sakharov Archives at Harvard University. Formats of material present include manuscripts, drawings, photographs, electronic media, maps, printed material, and a few artifacts such as Sakharov's academic robes.

137 boxes (57 linear ft.) including 1 DVD and 1 floppy disk

rus,

eng,

Houghton Library

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Sakharov, Andreĭ, 1921-1989

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sk2c04 (person)

Andreĭ Dmitrievich Sakharov was born May 21, 1921, into a Moscow family of cultured and liberal intelligentsia. His father was Dmitri Ivanovich Sakharov, a private school physics teacher and an amateur pianist. Sakharov's mother was Ëkaterina Alekseyevna Sakharova (née Sofiano, of Greek ancestry). Although his paternal great-grandfather had been a priest in the Russian Orthodox Church and his mother had had him baptized, his father was an atheist. Sakharov married Klavdia Alekseyevn...

Bonnėr, Elena, 1923-2011

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Russian pediatrician and political activist, married to Andrei Sakharov. From the description of Papers, 1930-1993 (Brandeis University Library). WorldCat record id: 77928448 ...

Sakharov family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rc600q (family)