Restoration of Independence of Lithuania (1990)

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The Restoration of Independence of Lithuania (1990) was the historic act by which Lithuania became the first Soviet republic to re-establish its sovereignty and break away from the USSR, marking a key moment in the collapse of Soviet rule in Eastern Europe.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event
independence declaration
political event
alsoKnownAs Restoration of Independence of Lithuania (1990)
surface form: Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania
category 1990 in Lithuania
events leading to the dissolution of the Soviet Union
independence movements
chairmanAtTime Vytautas Landsbergis
commemoratedOn March 11
constitutionalEffect reinstatement of 1938 Constitution of Lithuania (in part)
country Lithuania
date 1990-03-11
declaredBy Supreme Council of Lithuania
Supreme Council of Lithuania
surface form: Supreme Council of the Republic of Lithuania

Sąjūdis-backed legislature
followedBy Lithuania joining the United Nations in 1991
international recognition of Lithuania
historicalContext dissolution of the Soviet Union
late Cold War
inspired independence movements in other Soviet republics
language Lithuanian
leadingFigure Vytautas Landsbergis
leadingMovement Sąjūdis
legalBasis Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact
surface form: Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact condemnation

non-recognition of Soviet annexation by Western states
legalClaim continuity of the interwar Republic of Lithuania
nationalHoliday Restoration of Independence of Lithuania (1990) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Restoration of Independence Day (Lithuania)
opposedBy Mikhail Gorbachev
Soviet Union
place Supreme Council of Lithuania
surface form: Supreme Council of the Republic of Lithuania

Vilnius
precededBy Lithuanian independence of 1918
region Eastern Europe
relatedEvent Baltic Way
January Events in Lithuania (1991)
Singing Revolution
collapse of the Soviet Union
independence declarations of Latvia and Estonia
restoredState Republic of Lithuania (1918–1940)
result end of Lithuanian SSR as a Soviet republic
Restoration of Independence of Lithuania (1990) self-linksurface differs
surface form: restoration of independent State of Lithuania

secession from the Soviet Union
signatoryBody Supreme Council of Lithuania
signatoryCount 124
significance first Soviet republic to declare restoration of independence
key moment in the collapse of Soviet rule in Eastern Europe
triggered economic blockade by the Soviet Union
year 1990

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Lithuanians historicalEvent Restoration of Independence of Lithuania (1990)
Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic restorationOfIndependenceDeclaredBy Restoration of Independence of Lithuania (1990)
this entity surface form: Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania
Government of Lithuania foundedAfter Restoration of Independence of Lithuania (1990)
this entity surface form: Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania
Restoration of Estonian independence relatedEvent Restoration of Independence of Lithuania (1990)
this entity surface form: Restoration of Lithuanian independence
Lithuanian Sąjūdis influenced Restoration of Independence of Lithuania (1990)
this entity surface form: Lithuanian independence declaration of 1990
History of Lithuania includesTopic Restoration of Independence of Lithuania (1990)
Act of Independence of Lithuania (1918) nationalHoliday Restoration of Independence of Lithuania (1990)
this entity surface form: Day of Restoration of the State of Lithuania
Restoration of Independence of Lithuania (1990) alsoKnownAs Restoration of Independence of Lithuania (1990)
this entity surface form: Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania
Restoration of Independence of Lithuania (1990) result Restoration of Independence of Lithuania (1990) self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: restoration of independent State of Lithuania
Restoration of Independence of Lithuania (1990) nationalHoliday Restoration of Independence of Lithuania (1990) self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Restoration of Independence Day (Lithuania)