What is Soviet dissidents?
{{one source|date=May 2023}} '''Soviet dissidents''' were people who disagreed with some or all of Soviet [[ideology]] and who were willing to speak out against them. The term ''dissident'' was used in the [[Soviet Union]] from the mid-1960s until the fall of communism. These people were mostly [[Intellectual|intellectuals]]. They challenged the Soviet regime in various ways. They were encouraged by foreign [[Journalist|journalists]] but often [[Prosecutor|prosecuted]] or silenced by the government.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5OBMAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA379|title=The Oxford handbook of the history of communism|date=2014|publisher=OUP Oxford|isbn=978-0199602056|page=379|author=Smith, Stephen}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Soviet dissidents}} [[Category:Soviet dissidents| ]] {{asia-stub}} {{europe-stub}}