Since 1980. Dr. Andrei Sakharova Nobel Peace Prize laureate and a prominent nuclear physicisthas been confined in the Soviet city of Gorky. Despite the harsh treatment he has received from Soviet authorities. Dr. Sakharov is an inspiration to many Soviet refuseniks. His determination to stand by his principles and risk his life for others is nothing less than heroic. In December 1981. Sakharov and his wife started a hunger strike to demand an exit visa for Yelizaveta Alexeyeva to join her fiance. Alexei Semyonov. in the United States. Dr. Sakharov is at another critical point in his life. His wife.