Commissioner for human rights delivered a speech as a tribute to Andrei Sakharov
At the European Parliament, Commissioner for human rights delivered a speech as a tribute to Andrei Sakharov.
The international conference “Alarm and Hope in the 21st century”
Organized by the Sakharov Centre in Moscow, the conference’s honorary organizing committee included Nobel laureate and former President Mikhail Gorbachev, the seventh president of Ireland Mary Robinson, Sir Martin Rees, Nobel laureate Svetlana Alexievich, Israeli politician and former Soviet political prisoner Natan Sharansky, as well as President of the ASF, Alexey Semyonov, and Vice President of the ASF, Marina Sakharov-Liberman.
This conference addressed the challenges facing humanity in the 21st century, in the framework of Sakharov’s works.
A monument to Sakharov is unveiled in Sarov, Russia
A new statue of Sakharov was unveiled on the 21st of May 2021 in Sarov. Sakharov worked in the nuclear town of Sarov, known as Arzamas-16, from 1950 till 1969.
Guests of the opening ceremony included President of RAN Alexander Sergeev, a colleague and friend of Sakharov, academician Yuri Trutnev, academician Radii Ilkayev, governor of Nizhny Novgorod Gleb Nikitin, and CEO of Rosatom Alexey Likhachev
The Nizhny Novgorod Philharmonics’ international arts festival dedicated to Andrei Sakharov
In accordance with their long-established tradition, the Nizhny Novgorod Philharmonics held a two-week 16th arts festival, in honor of Andrei Sakharov’s 100th birthday.
The International Moscow House of Music’s concert in honor of Andrei Sakharov, 21st of May 2021
Maestro Vladimir Spivakov and his orchestra held a gala concert at the Moscow House of Music on the 21st of May 2021. “This concert is our offering and our tribute to the remarkable man,” said Spivakov before the concert.
The American Physical Society (APS). Sakharov-100: “Physics, peace and human rights”
On the day of Sakharov’s centennial on the 21st of May 2021, the APS held panel discussions as a tribute to Sakharov’s scientific and humanitarian achievements.
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Friends and family of Sakharov, including Tatiana Bonner Yankelevich, Marina Sakharov-Liberman, and Boris Altshuler, spoke at one of the panels.
Reviving the Helsinki Spirit
The Andrei Sakharov Research Center for Democratic Development at the Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania, held Tenth International Sakharov Conference. The title of the conference, “Celebrating Sakharov 1921-2021 – Are Peace, Progress and Human Rights Indivisible?” referred to Sakharov’s Nobel lecture. Among the speakers are the granddaughter of Sakharov – Marina Sakharov-Liberman and his step-daughter Tatiana Yankelevich; the Chairman of the Board of the Sakharov Center in Moscow Vyacheslav Bakhmin; the former Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe Nils Muiznieks; and the well-known scholars Mike Morgan (USA) and Timothy Garton Ash (UK).
A virtual museum of Andrei Sakharov
Sakharov Center Moscow, with support from the ASF and its members, including Cathy Fitzpatrick, launched the virtual museum of Andrei Sakharov:
Sakharov.space is a virtual museum of Andrei Sakharov, dedicated to the centenary of the great scientist and human rights activist. The design of the museum resembles a pyramid: a visitor can watch a 7-minute video about Sakharov’s personality, or dive into a 30-minute animated timeline about his life.
For the website, we created a 3D imagery of Sakharov and implemented it using WebGL technology. The archive images helped us make the features of the 3D model similar to real Sakharov ones. Then we animated it recreating the atmosphere of an old movie.
9 chapters, hundreds of photos, rare archival documents and shots: we have combined all these into a beautiful story, united by visual metaphors. For the first time, E. G. Bonner’s speech at the awarding of the Nobel Prize to Sakharov will be available on the Internet.
The website is adaptive and is fully available on all mobile devices.
A postal stamp and three envelopes with Sakharov’s images were released
To mark Andrei Sakharov’s centennial, a postal stamp and three envelopes with Sakharov’s images were released. The stamp is based on the photograph taken in 1988 by Sherstyannikov.
Central Bank of Russia released a silver coin of Andrei Sakharov
A new collectable silver coin weighs 15.5g. The design is based on the famous portrait of Andrei Sakharov by Yuzef Karsh. The design includes Sakharov’s years of life (1921-1989) and a facsimile of his signature.