The Baltics Are Waking Up

The Baltics Are Waking Up! (Lithuanian: Bunda jau Baltija, Latvian: Atmostas Baltija, Estonian: Ärgake, Baltimaad) is a trilingual Baltic song composed for the occasion of the Baltic Way, a large demonstration against the Soviet Union and for independence of the Baltic States in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. The song is sometimes called the 'general anthem of the Baltics'. The Lithuanian text was sung by Žilvinas Bubelis, Latvian by Viktors Zemgals, Estonian by Tarmo Pihlap.

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Restoration of Baltic independence

Armed struggle

Groups and events	Guerrilla war in the Baltic states (1944–56) Forest Brothers Union of Lithuanian Freedom Fighters Operation Priboi (1949) Operation Jungle (1949–55)

Freedom fighters	August Sabbe Jānis Pīnups Pranas Končius Juozas Lukša Adolfas Ramanauskas

Soviet dissident era

Groups and events	Lithuanian Helsinki Group (1977–81) Lithuanian Liberty League (1978–95) Baltic Appeal (1979) Letter of 40 Intellectuals (1980) Phosphorite War (1987) MRP-AEG (1987–88)

Dissidents	Gunārs Astra Romas Kalanta Jüri Kukk Tiit Madisson Mart Niklus Lagle Parek Enn Tarto Tomas Venclova

Political activism era

Movements	ERSP Popular Front of Estonia Popular Front of Latvia Sąjūdis Estonian Citizens' Committee Congress of Estonia

Activists	Tunne Kelam Vytautas Landsbergis Lennart Meri

Singing Revolution	Hirvepark meeting (1987) Night Song Festivals (1988) Baltic Way (1989) Alo Mattiisen Baltics are Waking Up

Key decisions	Sovereignty Declaration of the Estonian SSR (1988) Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania (1990) On the Restoration of Independence of the Republic of Latvia (1990)

Final armed confrontations	Soviet OMON assaults on Lithuanian border posts January 1991 events in Lithuania January 1991 events in Latvia

Post-independence crises	Pullapää crisis (1993) Coup of the Volunteers (1993)

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The Baltics Are Waking Up

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