WebThe Baltic Way (Lithuanian: Baltijos kelias, Latvian: Baltijas ceļš, Estonian: Balti kett) or Baltic Chain (also "Chain of Freedom") was a peaceful political demonstration that occurred on 23 August 1989.Approximately two million people joined their hands to form a human chain spanning 690 kilometres (430 mi) across the three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia …

WebOfficial Soviet Union statistics of 1959 state that Ukrainians made up 4% of the population, in 1989 – 3%. The self-identified Ukrainian population of Kuban decreased from 915,000 in 1926, to 150,000 in 1939. ... and it was much higher than in the rest of the USSR. ... which began in Kyiv and made its way through thirty-three countries. Twenty-two other US …