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e main representative of the return to independence 3 on 23 august 1989 the fiftieth anniversary of the molotov ribbentrop pact the people s fronts of all three baltic countries held a huge demonstration of unity the baltic way a 600 kilometre long 373 mi human chain from tallinn through riga to vilnius was assembled this was a symbolic demonstration of the people s call for independence from the soviet union new elections to the supreme soviet took place on 18 march 1990 in which the supporters of independence gained a victory on 4 may 1990 the new supreme soviet of the latvian ssr adopted a motion declaration of independence which called for the restoration of the inter war latvian state and the 1922 constitution in january 1991 however pro communist political forces attempted to restore soviet power with the use of force attempts were made to overthrow the new assembly latvian demonstrators managed to stop the soviet troops from re occupying strategic positions and these events are known as the days of the barricades on 19 august 1991 an unsuccessful attempt at a coup d état took place in moscow when a small group of prominent soviet functionaries failed to regain power due to large pro democracy demonstrations in russia this event resulted in latvia swiftly moving toward independence after the coup s failure the supreme soviet of the latvian republic announced on 21 august 1991 that the transition period to full independence declared on 4 may 1990 had come to an end therefore latvia was proclaimed a fully independent nation whose judicial foundation stemmed back to the statehood that existed before the occupation on 17 june 1940 baltic way participants between cēsis and valmiera participants near ķekava the barricades in riga in 1991 lithuania edit part of a series on the history of lithuania prehistory kunda culture narva culture neman culture corded ware culture baltic tribes yotvingia yotvingians amber road aesti curonians skalvians lithuania proper old lithuanians samogitians selonians middle ages lithuanian land confederation duchy of lithuania grand duchy of lithuania kingdom of lithuania baptism of lithuania jagiellonian period early modern era early elective monarchy deluge and decline three partitions swedish lithuania partitions of the polish lithuanian commonwealth modern era vilna governorate kovno governorate suwalki governorate january uprising lithuanian national awakening kingdom of lithuania wars of independence lithuanian soviet war statehood restored 1940 soviet occupation nazi occupation 1944 soviet re occupation lithuanian soviet socialist republic guerilla war singing revolution independence restored republic of lithuania other topics name of lithuania coat of arms of lithuania list of early lithuanian dukes list of rulers of lithuania list of lithuanian monarchs chronology lithuania portal v t e between 1956 and 1987 open public resistance to the soviet regime was rare it became more persistent in the 1970s and 1980s one example of this could be the kaunas events of 1972 many popular singers often used the poetry of nationalist poets such as bernardas brazdžionis or justinas marcinkevičius as the lyrics of their songs in 1987 the rock march also promoted awareness of the issue among the people 1 in 1987 various organizations mainly environmental ones were founded on 3 june 1988 the sąjūdis a political and social movement was established some initiators of this movement were active members of environmental organizations established in 1987 e g zigmas vaišvila gintaras songaila initially this organization supported the regime but in early autumn of the same year after lithuania wide growth it became an opposing force to the cpl in response to this sąjūdis became a more centralized organization the active nationalist opposition mostly the lithuanian liberty league towards the regime culminated in various public protests the most notorious of them took place on 28 september 1988 which ended up with violent dispersal the resulting public anger caused resignations in the communist party of lithuania including the then first secretary of the party ringaudas songaila who served just over a year and replaced them with more moderate members 34 as the cpl leadership changed it decided to return vilnius cathedral formerly used as a museum of fine arts to the catholic community on 21 october 1988 the national anthem of lithuania and the traditional national tricolore were legalized in lithuania on 18 november 1988 officially replacing the flag and the anthem of the lithuanian soviet socialist republic it was followed by the recognition of the lithuanian language as a state language which meant that it became the sole legal language on an institutional level 35 the latter change was instrumental in the removal of some officials e g nikolai mitkin who served as the second secretary of the cpl but fueled tensions in polish and russian speaking communities it was followed by the gradual rebuilding of national symbols which included erecting or restoring independence monuments throughout the country in late 1988 and 1989 during 1989 various organisations e g the writers union split from the soviet ones prior to the election of the congress of people s deputies of the soviet union sąjūdis media became more restricted but after the defeat of the cpl it won just six seats of 42 other seats were won by sąjūdis supported candidates restrictions were lifted by the end of the year the cpl gave up its power monopoly and agreed to hold free elections for supreme soviet of lithuanian ssr in 1990 which it lost five decades after lithuania was occupied and incorporated into the soviet union lithuania became the first republic to declare its independence from the ussr on 11 march 1990 while estonia and latvia declared soviet rule to have been illegal from the start and since full restoration of independence was not yet feasible started a period of transition towards independence culminating with the failure of the august coup 36 for the same reason almost all nations in the international community except iceland hesitated to recognize independence for lithuania until august 1991 37 the soviet military responded harshly on 13 january 1991 fourteen non violent protesters in vilnius died and hundreds were injured defending the vilnius television tower and the parliament from soviet assault troops and tanks lithuanians refer to the event as day of the defenders of freedom the discipline and courage of its citizens linking arms and singing in the face of tanks and armour piercing bullets avoided a much greater loss of life and showed the world that lithuania s citizens were prepared to defend their national independence 6 international governments began recognizing lithuanian independence after the failure of the coup d état in august 1991 a man with a lithuanian flag in front of a soviet tank 13 january 1991 lithuanian people in šiauliai gorbachev visit 1990 ukmergė s monument of independence lituania restituta restored in 1989 notable protest songs edit the baltics are waking up lithuanian bunda jau baltija latvian atmostas baltija estonian ärgake baltimaad lit lat est brīvību baltijai 38 lat freedom for the baltics dzimtā valoda 38 lat mother tongue ost from the rock opera lāčplēsis lat bear slayer released 1988 manai tautai 38 lat to my nation gaismas pils 39 lat castle of light pūt vējiņi 39 latvian version of a livonian wedding folk song pūgõ tūļ and often used in place of the national anthem during the soviet era lat blow winds saule pērkons daugava 39 lat sun thunder daugava ei ole üksi ükski maa 38 est there is no land alone eestlane olen ja eestlaseks jään 38 est estonian i am and estonian i will be isamaa ilu hoieldes 38 est keeping the beauty of fatherland sind surmani 38 est until i die mingem üles mägedele 38 est let s go up the mountains laisvė canonical perf eurika masytė lt lit freedom palaimink dieve mus lit god bless us 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