How Andrei Sakharov went from Soviet hero to dissident — and forced the world to pay attention to human rights
- Written by Robert Horvath, Senior lecturer, La Trobe University
US President Ronald Reagan meeting with Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov in the Oval Office in 1988.White House Photographic Collection/Wikimedia CommonsThis piece is part of a new series in collaboration with the ABC’s Saturday Extra program. Each week, the show will have a “who am I” quiz for listeners about influential figures...
