Fifth day of the twelfth lunar month (Kang Xi), January 22, 1980, Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov was exiled to Gorky. in


1980 January 22, 2010, nuclear atomic physicist (history today. cn) dissidents Andrei - Andrei Sakharov was expelled from Moscow exile to Gorky city The parties concerned also limit Sakharov and his wife Elena - Bao Naer only two hours to pack their belongings and leave. 18:00 they are to catch up with a transport plane, (lsjt.org) flew 250 miles east of Gorky. Earlier this month, Sakharov publicly accused the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, and asked the United States to force the Soviet withdrawal.