Sąjūdis

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Sąjūdis was the Lithuanian pro-independence movement of the late 1980s that led the country’s peaceful break from the Soviet Union.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf independence movement
political movement
social movement
contributedTo peaceful break from the Soviet Union
country Lithuania
countryDuringActivity Lithuanian SSR NERFINISHED
foundedIn Vilnius NERFINISHED
goal political and economic reforms
restoration of Lithuanian independence
hasPart local grassroots groups
historicalContext Singing Revolution NERFINISHED
glasnost
perestroika
historicalPeriod late 1980s
ideology Lithuanian nationalism
anti-communism
democratization
inception 1988
influenced Lithuanian independence declaration of 1990 NERFINISHED
restoration of the Republic of Lithuania
inspiredBy democratic movements in Eastern Europe
language Lithuanian
laterCountry Republic of Lithuania NERFINISHED
media independent press
public meetings
movementOutcome end of Soviet rule in Lithuania
establishment of multi-party democracy in Lithuania
movementType pro-independence
nativeName Lietuvos Persitvarkymo Sąjūdis NERFINISHED
notableEvent mass rallies in Vilnius in 1988–1990
participation in the Baltic Way
opposedPoliticalSystem one-party communist system
opposedTo Communist Party of Lithuania dominance
Soviet Union NERFINISHED
politicalPosition centre-right
region Baltic states NERFINISHED
shortName Sąjūdis NERFINISHED
supportedPoliticalSystem parliamentary democracy
supportedValue freedom of speech GENERATED
human rights GENERATED
national self-determination GENERATED
usedMethod civil resistance
mass demonstrations
peaceful protest

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