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Part of the Revolutions of 1989 and the Dissolution of the Soviet Union | |||
Date | 14 June 1987 – 6 September 1991 (4 years, 2 months, 3 weeks and 2 days) | ||
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Resulted in | Decisive Baltic victory as part of the end of the Cold War
Restoration of the independence of the Baltic States
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The Singing Revolution[a] was a series of events from 1987 to 1991 that led to the restoration of independence of the three Soviet-occupied Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania at the end of the Cold War.[1][2] The term was coined by an Estonian activist and artist, Heinz Valk, in an article published a week after the 10–11 June 1988 spontaneous mass evening singing demonstrations at the Tallinn Song Festival Grounds.[3]
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