A dissident, broadly defined, is a person who actively opposes an established opinion, policy, or structure. The term can be used to refer to a number of types of dissidents, including political, social, and militant dissidents. When individual dissidents unite in a common cause they may become known as a dissident movement. ==Soviet dissidents== The term dissident was used in the Soviet Union during the period of 1965-1985, including Brezhnev stagnation, for citizens who criticizedthe dictature of the Communist party. The people who used to write, tear and who distributed non-censored non-conformist litetature samizdatwere criticized in the newspapers. It was common to criticize an author in newspapers without publishing any of his works. Then, many peopleaccepted the term dissident with respect to themselves[LINK: http://www.memo.ru/history/diss/] Chronicle of Current Events (sa

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