POCHTA ROSSII (Russian Post) on 21 May 2021 released a series of first day cover stamps entitled “Nobel Prize Winners” -- 100 Years since the birth of Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov (1921-1989), scientist and public figure.
Andrey Dmitrievich Sakharov was a Soviet and Russian nuclear physicist, dissident, Nobel laureate, and activist for disarmament, peace and human rights. He was also one of the creators of the Soviet hydrogen bomb, USSR People’s Deputy, and three times the Hero of Socialist Labor.
He is credited with the design of the Soviet Union’s RDS-37, a code name for Soviet development of thermonuclear weapons. Sakharov later became an advocate for civil liberties and civil reforms in the Soviet Union, for which he faced state persecution. These efforts earned him the Nobel Peace Prize in 1975. Sakharov also actively advocated the end of nuclear weapons tests, together with V. Chalidze. In spring 1989, he was elected an MP. As a member of the Constitutional Commission, he proposed a new draft Constitution for Russia. The Sakharov Prize, which is awarded annually by the European Parliament for people and organizations dedicated to human rights and freedoms, is named in his honour.
In addition to the release of the postage stamp, envelopes of the first day were published and a special harness for Moscow, St. Petersburg and Ulyanovsk were made.
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