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One of the best known Soviet dissidents, nuclear physicist Andrei Sakharov (1921-1989) and an Estonian dissident Enn Tarto. Although it remained a field of few selfless people, dissidence as a separate movement could only develop after Stalin’s death in 1953, when dissent, in most cases, no longer meant risking one’s life. Long-term imprisonment was still very likely. Enn Tarto, for example, was a political prisoner three times, losing his freedom for a total of 17 years.
Andrei Sakharov and Enn Tarto
One of the best known Soviet dissidents, nuclear physicist Andrei Sakharov (1921-1989) and an Estonian dissident Enn Tarto. Although it remained a field of few selfless people, dissidence as a separate movement could only develop after Stalin’s death in 1953, when dissent, in most cases, no longer meant risking one’s life. Long-term imprisonment was still very likely. Enn Tarto, for example, was a political prisoner three times, losing his freedom for a total of 17 years.
