The Nobel Peace Prize 1975

Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov

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The Nobel Peace Prize 1975 was awarded to Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov "for his struggle for human rights in the Soviet Union, for disarmament and cooperation between all nations"

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