THE HYDROGEN BOMB AND THE MEMORIAL. Academician Sakharov

Academician Sakharov is loved for different things: some know him as the creator of the Soviet thermonuclear bomb, others as the leader of Soviet human rights activists and the founder of Memorial. During his long life, Sakharov designed a doomsday weapon, received the Nobel Peace Prize, and wrote a new constitution for the Union State. How did it happen that the scientist left the ivory tower of Soviet science and joined the dissident movement, and what did he leave us with?