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Where and why did two million people line up in a 600 km long chain?

On August 23, 1989, about two million inhabitants of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia (approximately 25% of the population of these republics at that time) lined up in a human chain 600 km long, connecting the capitals Vilnius, Riga and Tallinn.

The peaceful protest, called the “Baltic Way,” was timed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, according to which the Baltic countries entered the sphere of influence of the Soviet Union and were later annexed to it.

In 2013, inspired by this action, supporters of the independence of Catalonia organized a similar chain of 1,6 million people 480 km long.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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