Baltic Way

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human chain nonviolent resistance action peaceful protest political demonstration

The Baltic Way was a peaceful 1989 political demonstration in which around two million people formed a human chain across Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania to demand independence from Soviet rule.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Baltic Way canonical 8
The Baltic Way 2
Baltic Chain 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human chain ⓘ
nonviolent resistance action ⓘ
peaceful protest ⓘ
political demonstration ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Baltic Way ⓘ
surface form: Baltic Chain

The Baltic Chain ⓘ
Baltic Way ⓘ
surface form: The Baltic Way
approximateNumberOfParticipants about two million people ⓘ
category History of Estonia ⓘ
History of Latvia ⓘ
History of Lithuania ⓘ
Protests in the Soviet Union ⓘ
characteristic mass participation ⓘ
nonviolent ⓘ
peaceful ⓘ
commemoratedEvent 50th anniversary of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact ⓘ
Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact ⓘ
countryInvolved Estonia ⓘ
Latvia ⓘ
Lithuania ⓘ
date 1989-08-23 ⓘ
demanded independence of Estonia ⓘ
independence of Latvia ⓘ
independence of Lithuania ⓘ
formedBy human chain ⓘ
hasLanguage Estonian ⓘ
Latvian ⓘ
Lithuanian ⓘ
length approximately 600 km ⓘ
location Estonia ⓘ
Latvia ⓘ
Lithuania ⓘ
movement Singing Revolution ⓘ
numberOfParticipants 2000000 ⓘ
organizedBy Estonian Popular Front ⓘ
Latvian Popular Front ⓘ
Lithuanian Sąjūdis ⓘ
partOf Revolutions of 1989 ⓘ
surface form: Singing Revolution
politicalContext Soviet Union ⓘ
Soviet occupation of the Baltic states ⓘ
purpose demand independence from Soviet rule ⓘ
protest Soviet occupation of the Baltic states ⓘ
support restoration of independence of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania ⓘ
recognizedAs symbol of Baltic unity ⓘ
symbol of peaceful resistance to Soviet rule ⓘ
resultedIn increased international attention to Baltic independence movements ⓘ
route across Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania ⓘ
from Tallinn to Vilnius ⓘ
UNESCOSubmission Memory of the World Programme ⓘ
surface form: Memory of the World Register
year 1989 ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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

Baltic states → historicalEvent → Baltic Way ⓘ
Baltic Way → alsoKnownAs → Baltic Way ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baltic Chain
Baltic Way → alsoKnownAs → Baltic Way ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Baltic Way
Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic → experiencedEvent → Baltic Way ⓘ
Restoration of Estonian independence → relatedEvent → Baltic Way ⓘ
History of Estonia → includesEvent → Baltic Way ⓘ
History of Latvia → includesEvent → Baltic Way ⓘ
The Baltic Chain → alsoKnownAs → Baltic Way ⓘ
The Baltic Chain → alsoKnownAs → Baltic Way ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baltijas ceļš
The Baltic Chain → alsoKnownAs → Baltic Way ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baltijos kelias
The Baltic Chain → slogan → Baltic Way ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Baltic Way
Singing Revolution → significantEvent → Baltic Way ⓘ
Restoration of Independence of Lithuania (1990) → relatedEvent → Baltic Way ⓘ