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Singing Revolution
Sign in to saveevents leading up to the end of Soviet rule in the Baltic nations
Key facts
- Date
- 14 June 1987 – 6 September 1991 ( 1987-06-14 – 1991-09-06 ) , (4 years, 2 months, 3 weeks and 2 days)
- Location
- Estonia , Latvia , Lithuania (the three Baltic countries)
- Caused by
- Soviet occupation of the Baltic states Political repression Economic stagnation Nationalist discontent Sovietization Russification Religious persecution
- Goals
- Independence of the three Baltic countries End of Communist rule Democratization Civil rights Economic reform
- Methods
- Protests Demonstrations Strikes Civil disobedience Human chain Civil resistance Barricades
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- 1990 01 12 GorbačiovasŠiauliuose2.jpg
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- Commons category
- Singing Revolution
- start time
- 1987-00-00
- end time
- 1991-00-00
- native label
- laulev revolutsioon
- point in time
- 1987-00-00
Sources (2)
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Lead figures
/ Boris Yeltsin
Gallery (12)
Connections
demonstration
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1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt
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January Events
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Guerilla war in the Baltic states
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Lithuania
Country
Soviet Union
Concept
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
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Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact
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Daugava
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Eastern Bloc
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COMECON
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county of Lithuania
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Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
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Occupation of the Baltic states
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Baltic Finns
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Popular Front of Latvia
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The Barricades
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Soviet dissidents
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Christianization of Lithuania
Entity
Tallinn Song Festival Grounds
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Categories
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