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The Baltic Way (also known as Baltic Chain) was a peaceful political demonstration that occurred on August 23, 1989. Approximately two million people joined their hands to form a human chain spanning over 600 kilometers across the three Baltic states. It was held on the 50th anniversary of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact in which Hitler and Stalin had agreed to divide Eastern Europe and Baltic Countries were assigned to the Soviet Union.

Resources in This Category

• Baltic Way

  http://www3.lrs.lt/pls/inter/baltijos_kelias
  A celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Baltic way. Includes archive material. [English/Lithuanian]

• Baltic Way - Wikipedia

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic_Way
  Article about the Baltic Chain, a protest demonstration that took place in 1989. This was a major historical event that led to the eventual independence from the Soviet Union.

• Lietuva, Latvija, Estija - YouTube

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9OncWnJU8c
  The trilingual song of the Baltic Chain.

• The Baltic Chain: Ten Years After - Central Europe Review

  http://www.ce-review.org/99/9/amber9.html
  Article about the 10 year anniversary of the Baltic chain and the impact it had on the future of the Baltic countries.

• The Baltic Way Declaration

  http://www.balticway.net/uploads/LV_written_docs/BalticWayfax%20(3).pdf
  Full-text of joint Baltic declaration to the world, in which they argue that the Hitler-Stalin pact be declared null and void and that the annexation of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania be declared unlawful.

• YouTube - Baltijos kelias

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLGhvQ-iBUM
  Video of the Baltic Way, with links to similar videos.

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