Temporary exhibition “Andrei Sakharov: Scientist, Dissident, Human Rights Activist" (as part of the celebrations marking 100 years since the birth of Andrei Sakharov)

The Parlamentarium, the EP’s Visitor Centre, is hosting the temporary exhibition “Andrei Sakharov: Scientist, Dissident, Human Rights Activist” as part of the celebrations marking 100 years since the birth of Andrei Sakharov, a man who inspired the creation of European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. Created in partnership with the Sakharov Center in Moscow, Russia, and the Sakharov Research Centre in Kaunas, Lithuania, the exhibition highlights the major events in the life of Andrei Sakharov, also known as the “father of the Soviet hydrogen bomb”.