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Future History 1968: Nuclear Physicist Andrei Sakharov Becomes A Dissident

Watch the latest episode in our series exploring the year that shaped the world as we know it.

Andrei Sakharov was a star of the Soviet Union in the ’60s — a genius nuclear physicist who invented the hydrogen bomb.

But in 1968, he made a bold call for peace and began advocating for the disarmament of the very weapons he helped develop.

Watch it all unfold in the latest episode of Future History.

Produced by 1968.digital.



Future History: 1968 is a new series that lets you witness one of the wildest years in history the way you witness the news now. Follow us on Facebook Watch for new episodes each week 🤳


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