December 19, 1986: Andrei Sakharov Released from Exile

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🗓️ 19 December 2020

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov was once the country’s leading scientist. In 1980, he was arrested and exiled to the city of Gorky, where he and his wife spent 6 years in isolation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:33.6	Today is Saturday, December 19th, 2020.
0:38.3	On this day in 1986, Soviet officials released former government scientist and human rights activist Andrei Sakharov from internal exile.
0:49.3	Outside of seeing his wife, he spent six years in isolation under the surveillance of the KGB.
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1:07.0	Today we're covering Soviet dissident Andre Sakharov. Let's go back to the closed
1:13.0	Russian city of Gorki on a cold December day in 1986.
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