Lithuania Declares its Independence from the Soviet Union
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series
- Categories: Government and Politics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Military History, Geography
- Subcategories: Wars, Battles, Revolutions, Rebellions, Uprisings, Riots, Communism, Communists, Human Rights, Cold War
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, Russian/Former Soviet States History
- Geographical Location: Lithuania, Baltic States
- Date: March 11, 1990
Article abstract: Mikhail Gorbachev’s policy of glasnost opened the possibility for the people of Lithuania to express their desire for independence from the Soviet Union.
Summary of Event
Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia were the three Baltic republics of the Soviet Union. They shared a common European culture, although Estonia and Latvia had closer ties to Scandinavia and Germany while Lithuania’s ties were with Poland and Central Europe. In the twentieth century, their fates were linked. All three became independent after the Russian Revolution in...
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