Restoration of Independence of Lithuania (1990)

E376774

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.

All labels observed (8)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

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

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)
History of the Baltic states → includesEvent → Restoration of independence of Lithuania ⓘ
linked to: Restoration of Independence of Lithuania (1990)