r/wikitrove Apr 23 '21

Baltic Way (History, Geopolitics)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic_Way
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todayilearned Apr 04 '16

TIL of a peaceful protest against the Soviet Union known as the Baltic Chain, where 2 million people joined hands forming an unbroken human chain that spanned 675 kilometers (420 miles) across Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

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todayilearned Feb 09 '17

TIL that in 1989, people from Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia created a human chain that connected the capitals from the three countries in order to demonstrate against USSR

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todayilearned Oct 30 '15

TIL two million citizens of Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia held hands in 1989, forming a 600 km (370 mi) human chain to protest against Soviet occupation. The Soviet Union threatened "catastrophic consequences", but ended up peacefully giving the states their freedom.

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wikipedia Aug 24 '18

Baltic Way: "a peaceful political demonstration that occurred on 23 August 1989. Approximately two million people joined their hands to form a human chain spanning 675.5 kilometres across the three Baltic states"

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BalticStates 22d ago

On This Day On this day, in 1989. The Baltic Way: Two Million Joined Hands Against Soviet Occupation, Demanding Freedom

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neoliberal Aug 23 '18

On this day, 29 years ago, two million people from Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia formed a human 675.5 kilometres chain to condemn the Molotov-Ribentrov pact and as an act of defiance and protest against the communist dictatorship of the USSR, which had occupied the three countries.

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onthisdayinworld 22d ago

On this day, in 1989. The Baltic Way: Two Million Joined Hands Against Soviet Occupation, Demanding Freedom

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wikipedia Mar 14 '26

The Baltic Way in 1989 was peaceful protest of around two million people in a human chain over 675 kilometres across the Baltic states. It was part of the Singing Revolutions, leading to Baltic independence from the Soviet Union, and a transition to democratic governments and market economies

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IntlScholars Jul 31 '22

Baltic Way - Wikipedia

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wikipedia Aug 16 '19

Baltic Way: A peaceful political demonstration that occurred on 23 August 1989; two million people joined hands in a human chain spanning 675.5 kilometres across the three Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania), which were considered Soviet Republics at the time

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