Gagarina prospekt, d. 214, Nizhny Novgorod
Tel. +7 831
466-86-23
Andrey Sacharov is one of the most famous dissidents in Soviet Union who dared to speak against Soviet government and its injustices against people. Father of the Russian hydrogen bomb, he couldn't be exiled from the country as it was done to other free thinkers. Instead he was sent here to Nizhny Novgorod that was known as Gorky at the time. He spent almost seven years in exile between January 1980 to December 1986. However, worldwide academician known primarily as the father of the hydrogen bomb, not the defender. The Museum (Музей-квартира А.Д.Сахарова) is located in a residential building and occupies two apartments. One of them recreates the atmosphere of the period when there lived a scientist, is to say that it is not much different from the situation in some provincial apartments today. In another apartment there is an exposition telling about the life and work of Sakharov, mainly consisting of documents and photos. Overall, this place is not very interesting to the ordinary tourist, and to go here is only if you have a lot of time.
Museum tours
The museum consists of two parts:
Memorial exhibition. The atmosphere and interior of the apartment of
Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov, in which he spent seven years of exile
under the supervision of the KGB, is recreated.
Exhibition hall.
Materials about the life and work of the scientist during his work at
the Sarov Federal Nuclear Center are posted here, the film "Andrey
Sakharov - Secret Years" is shown. Every year on December 14, Sakharov's
memorial day, his death mask is exhibited.
Educational and
cultural activities of the museum
For school students, the museum
staff developed a series of thematic conversations, lectures on topics
that illuminate the creative path of A. D. Sakharov:
"A. D. Sakharov
- the father of the Soviet hydrogen bomb "
"Gorky Link"
"To
preserve the human in man" - based on the work of A. D. Sakharov "The
World in Half a Century", "Sakharov's Memorandum - a reminder of the
preservation of life on Earth."
In addition, the museum hosts:
Scientific and practical conference "Sakharov Readings"
Competition "Me and my rights" to the Day of memory of A. D. Sakharov.
Competition of theoretical and journalistic works "Freethinking: its
past, present, future".