Andrei Sakharov fitaccen masanin kimiyyar lissafi ne kuma mai fafutukar kare hakkin dan Adam na Tarayyar Soviet wanda ya rayu daga shekarar 1921 zuwa 1989. Watakila an fi saninsa da aikin samar da bam din hydrogen na Tarayyar Soviet da kuma bayar da shawararsa na kwance damara da kare hakkin bil'adama. Kalmar "Andrei Sakharov" tana iya yin nuni da fa'ida ga gadon rayuwar Sakharov da aikinsa, wanda ke ci gaba da zaburar da masana kimiyya, da masu fafutuka, da masu tunani a duniya.