On this day, in 1989, around 2 million people joined hands in a human chain that stretched 600 kilometres (372 mi) across the 3 Baltic countries, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia to protest against Soviet occupation of Baltic states
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On this day, in 1989, around 2 million people joined hands in a human chain that stretched 600 kilometres (372 mi) across the 3 Baltic countries, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia to protest against Soviet occupation of Baltic states
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- Twenty five years ago, about two million people in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia held hands and created a human chain to commemorate the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact signed by Nazis and Soviets, who divided Eastern Europe between themselves just prior to WW2
- Atmostas Baltija, Bunda Jau Baltija, Ärgake Baltimaad. 27 years ago, the Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania formed a 2 million person chain to protest the 50th Anniversary of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact leading to their Soviet Occupation
- On this day, in 1989, around 2 million people joined hands in a human chain that stretched 600 kilometres (372 mi) across the 3 Baltic countries, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia to protest against Soviet occupation of Baltic states
- [Video] On this day, in 1989, around 2 million people joined hands in a human chain that stretched 600 kilometres