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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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Lead figures
/ Boris Yeltsin
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