Sąjūdis movement
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The Sąjūdis movement was a late-1980s Lithuanian reform and independence movement that led the country’s peaceful struggle to break away from the Soviet Union and restore national sovereignty.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sąjūdis movement canonical | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
independence movement
ⓘ
political movement ⓘ reform movement ⓘ |
| basedOn | popular front model in the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Lithuania ⓘ |
| dissolvedOrAbolished | early 1990s ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
human rights
ⓘ
national self-determination ⓘ politics ⓘ |
| goal |
democratization of the Soviet system
ⓘ
political and economic reform in Lithuania ⓘ restoration of Lithuanian independence ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
broad civic coalition
ⓘ
mass membership ⓘ non-violent movement ⓘ |
| hasEffect | weakening of Soviet control in Lithuania ⓘ |
| hasPart | local initiative groups across Lithuania ⓘ |
| historicalContext | dissolution of the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | late 1980s ⓘ |
| ideology |
Lithuanian nationalism
ⓘ
anti-communism ⓘ democracy ⓘ |
| inception |
1988
ⓘ
June 1988 ⓘ |
| influenced |
democratic transition of Lithuania
ⓘ
restoration of Lithuanian independence in 1990 ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
glasnost
ⓘ
perestroika ⓘ |
| language | Lithuanian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Vilnius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| method |
civil resistance
ⓘ
mass demonstrations ⓘ peaceful protest ⓘ public petitions ⓘ |
| movement | Singing Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLabel | Lietuvos Persitvarkymo Sąjūdis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Lithuanian Communist Party (initially)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Soviet authorities ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
Communist Party of the Soviet Union monopoly of power
ⓘ
Soviet rule in Lithuania ⓘ |
| partOf | Singing Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalPosition | centre-right ⓘ |
| region | Baltic states NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shortName | Sąjūdis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
1989 Baltic Way human chain
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
mass rallies in Vilnius in 1988 ⓘ participation in the Baltic Way ⓘ support for the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania ⓘ |
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