Sakharov's exile to Gorky
1980–1986 · Event
After he condemns the invasion of Afghanistan, Sakharov is banished to the closed city of Gorky; Gorbachev telephones in December 1986 to release him.
On these timelines: Cold War, Russia & the USSR, Master
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- Iron Curtain speech (1946)
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