Singing Revolution

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historical event independence movement nonviolent resistance movement political movement

The Singing Revolution was a series of peaceful mass demonstrations in the late 1980s through which the Baltic states used song and nonviolent protest to help secure independence from the Soviet Union.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Singing Revolution canonical	14
Estonian Singing Revolution	1
Latvian Singing Revolution	1
Singing Revolution in the Baltic states	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical event ⓘ independence movement ⓘ nonviolent resistance movement ⓘ political movement ⓘ
basedOn	cultural traditions of singing ⓘ national identity ⓘ
country	Estonia ⓘ Latvia ⓘ Lithuania ⓘ
describedBySource	documentary film "The Singing Revolution" ⓘ
endTime	1991 ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	cultural resistance ⓘ grassroots ⓘ peaceful ⓘ
hasEffect	international awareness of Baltic independence aspirations ⓘ restoration of independence of Estonia ⓘ restoration of independence of Latvia ⓘ restoration of independence of Lithuania ⓘ weakening of Soviet political control in the Baltics ⓘ
hasMotto	freedom through song ⓘ
hasPart	Singing Revolution self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Estonian Singing Revolution Singing Revolution self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Latvian Singing Revolution Lithuanian Sąjūdis ⓘ surface form: Lithuanian Singing Revolution
influencedBy	First Estonian Song Festival ⓘ surface form: Estonian Song Festival tradition
language	Estonian ⓘ Latvian ⓘ Lithuanian ⓘ
location	Baltic states ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ
mainSubject	dissolution of the Soviet Union ⓘ independence of Baltic states ⓘ
movement	Baltic independence movements ⓘ surface form: Baltic independence movement
opposedTo	Soviet occupation of the Baltic states ⓘ Soviet rule ⓘ
partOf	collapse of the Eastern Bloc ⓘ end of the Cold War ⓘ
significantEvent	Baltic Way ⓘ mass singing demonstrations in Riga ⓘ mass singing demonstrations in Tallinn ⓘ mass singing demonstrations in Vilnius ⓘ
startTime	1987 ⓘ
timePeriod	early 1990s ⓘ late 1980s ⓘ
uses	mass demonstrations ⓘ nonviolent protest ⓘ singing ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Baltic Way → movement → Singing Revolution ⓘ

Lithuanians → historicalEvent → Singing Revolution ⓘ

Flag of Estonia → usedDuring → Singing Revolution ⓘ

Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic → experiencedEvent → Singing Revolution ⓘ

Restoration of Estonian independence → partOf → Singing Revolution ⓘ

Restoration of Estonian independence → relatedEvent → Singing Revolution ⓘ

Estonian Popular Front → partOf → Singing Revolution ⓘ

Lithuanian Sąjūdis → movement → Singing Revolution ⓘ

History of Estonia → includesEvent → Singing Revolution ⓘ

History of Latvia → includesEvent → Singing Revolution ⓘ

History of Lithuania → includesTopic → Singing Revolution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Singing Revolution in the Baltic states

The Baltic Chain → partOf → Singing Revolution ⓘ

Singing Revolution → hasPart → Singing Revolution self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Estonian Singing Revolution

Singing Revolution → hasPart → Singing Revolution self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Latvian Singing Revolution

Latvian Popular Front → partOf → Singing Revolution ⓘ

Latvian Popular Front → participatedIn → Singing Revolution ⓘ

Restoration of Independence of Lithuania (1990) → relatedEvent → Singing Revolution ⓘ