Photo of the day: a cowardly half-lie is written on a memorial plaque dedicated to Sakharov

A real shock on social networks was caused by the post of the writer Denis Dragunsky, in which he published a photo of a commemorative plaque hanging on Andrey Sakharov Avenue. It honestly mentions that Sakharov is a Nobel laureate, but shamefully omits the reason why he received it. But instead, it is said about the scientist's merits in the creation of new types of weapons during the war.

Dragunsky writes about this:

“Enduring sensation of insanity. It turns out that Sakharov created "new types of weapons" in 1941-1945, that is, at the age of 20-24. What he did for the other forty-four years of his life is unclear. But he was elected an academician and received the Nobel Prize. Not for new types of weapons invented at a young age?

Why not write: "an outstanding designer of nuclear weapons, a fighter for democracy and human rights, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate". Riddles, sir... "

Cynicism, cowardice and lies under the guise of perpetuating Sakharov's memory, - human rights activist Yuri Samodurov called this inscription.

In fact, there is no untruth on this board. Indeed, the young Sakharov in 1942 was sent to the cartridge plant in Ulyanovsk, where he made an invention to control armor-piercing cores and made a number of other proposals. This, of course, was important during the war years, but for such merits Nobel prizes are not given, and prospectuses are not named.

Recall that shortly after the war, Sakharov was enrolled in a special group and until 1968 worked in the development of thermonuclear weapons, participated in the design and development of the first Soviet hydrogen bomb according to the scheme called "Sakharov's puff".

He was both a theoretician and a designer - and this was his strength. Sakharov received his three gold stars of the Hero of Socialist Labor precisely for the development of specific nuclear weapons, and he worked not only at his desk, but also at test sites. Sakharov invented nuclear torpedoes and nuclear devices that cause tsunamis (the current Poseidon device)... And this, of course, is more serious than armor-piercing cores...

But even more serious is the fact that since the late 1950s Sakharov has radically revised his views and began to oppose nuclear weapons tests and for general disarmament, and in the 1960s he became one of the leaders of the human rights movement in the USSR. In 1975 he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Let us emphasize once again - the world.

And it was then that world fame came to Sakharov, and that is why the avenue was named after him. And that is why a small, cowardly half-lie written on a blackboard has nothing to do with him.