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. 

Vice President of the ASF, Marina Sakharov-​Liberman, at the opening of a new statue of Andrei Sakharov.

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

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