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 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 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 condemnation
non-recognition of Soviet annexation by Western states
legalClaim continuity of the interwar Republic of Lithuania
nationalHoliday Restoration of Independence Day (Lithuania)
opposedBy Mikhail Gorbachev
Soviet Union
place 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 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 Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania
linked to: Restoration of Independence of Lithuania (1990)
Government of Lithuania foundedAfter Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania
linked to: Restoration of Independence of Lithuania (1990)
Restoration of Estonian independence relatedEvent Restoration of Lithuanian independence
linked to: Restoration of Independence of Lithuania (1990)
Lithuanian Sąjūdis influenced Lithuanian independence declaration of 1990
linked to: Restoration of Independence of Lithuania (1990)
History of Lithuania includesTopic Restoration of Independence of Lithuania (1990)
Act of Independence of Lithuania (1918) nationalHoliday Day of Restoration of the State of Lithuania
linked to: Restoration of Independence of Lithuania (1990)
Restoration of Independence of Lithuania (1990) alsoKnownAs Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania
linked to: Restoration of Independence of Lithuania (1990)
Restoration of Independence of Lithuania (1990) result restoration of independent State of Lithuania
linked to: Restoration of Independence of Lithuania (1990)
Restoration of Independence of Lithuania (1990) nationalHoliday Restoration of Independence Day (Lithuania)
linked to: Restoration of Independence of Lithuania (1990)