Lithuania breaks away from the Soviet Union A u d r i u s S i a u r a s e v i c i u s i n V i l n i u s a n d J o h n R e t t i e i n M o s c o w Published on Mon 12 Mar 1990 07.06 EST It was a tragic project of enormous dimensions which involved thousands of families and destroyed the effective family farming system.The idea was that large jointly operated agricultural units gave a better yield than small individual farms and that collectivisation would give economic equality to the farming population.It was not possible for the State to finance the necessary investments and to coordinate the comprehensive agricultural planning and accompanying industries. The ineffective agricultural system of the Soviet Union was the reason for a chronic lack of food production.One of the reasons for the mass deportations in 1949 was to force this collectivization by deporting independent farmers (kulaks) who had not joined the collective farms. Sweden became the first country to open its embassy in Tallinn on August 29, and on September 6 the Soviet Union recognized Estonia's independence.

(Tunne Kelam, Estonia). On September 17, Estonia joined the United Nations.On Christmas Day, Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev resigned, declared his office extinct, and handed over its powers to Russian President Boris Yeltsin. Rate! On Aug. 20, 1991, an attempted coup by Communist hardliners in Moscow precipitated a succession of events in Estonia that, on the same day, led to a resolution of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR to declare the country's independence from the collapsing Soviet Union. The events took place during a three-day attempted coup in Moscow by hardline members of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union who were unhappy with Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev's perestroika and glasnost reforms.When the 76th Guards Air Assault Division arrived in Tallinn from Pskov, they were met by volunteers who had responded to a call to take up the defense of Toompea Hill as well as the city's radio and television buildings.That night, at just after 11pm, 69 members of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Estonia voted in favor of the Resolution on the National Independence of Estonia. Thanks Comments (1) Report Thanks, you too. What did Estonia and Latvia decide to do in 1991? The Soviet Union subsequently occupied the independent Estonia, motivated by the need for Soviet troops in the country.

The deportees were mainly kulaks (independent farmers) who had not joined the collective farms. Estonia was then forced by the Soviet Union to sign a mutual assistance pact that allowed the Soviet army to occupy Estonia. One day later, the Soviet Union was officially dissolved.However, Russian troops remained in the country for another three years. The 1949 deportation involved 21,000 Estonians or 2.5% of the whole population. Women represented 50% of the deportees. So, it's 1991 - 1993. Kasutamist jätkates nõustute kõikide ERR-i veebilehtede küpsiste seadetegaTeoste avaldamine sel lehel on kooskõlastatud EAÜ/NCB-gaHea lugeja, näeme et kasutate vanemat brauseri versiooni või vähelevinud brauserit. It was also a deathblow to the guerrilla movement, which depended on the farmers’ support.In the 1970s only 5% of the land was being privately farmed without support from the state, unlike the collective farms. (The Estonian State Archive).A reconstructed deportation scene. The self-employed farmers, called “kulaks”, were deported to Siberia in large numbers because they did not join the collective farms. Since then, Estonia has celebrated its regained independence on this date every year. The decision was announced to the public the following day. LITHUANIA was the first of the Soviet Republics to declare independence and did so on March 11, 1990. Estonia was later annexed into the Soviet Union. I hope this helped, have an amazing day :) 4.5 16 votes 16 votes Rate! It is estimated that only a half of those deported were able to return to Estonia.14,000-15,000 armed Estonian partisans or guerrillas, so-called The unarmed resistance or dissident activities were focused on the underground production and distribution of uncensored literature and pamphlets as well as providing information to the West (often through Western journalists).

The deported people were described as “The deportation in 1949 included 7,500 families. They joined the Estonian National Independence Party and actively took part in the registration of citizens in Saaremaa”. Other problems involved organizing the work on big farms where indifferent people had little motivation. (The Museum of Occupation, Tallinn).The Estonian politician Tulle Kelam finished his book “Estonia’s way to freedom” with this photo (taken by himself) and with this text: “On Saaremaa, Estonia’s biggest island, Ester and Leevi Naagel decided to start a family farm with not much more than their 5 children as their starting capital. The largest posters at the demonstration this year declared “Freedom for Estonia” and “Let’s Live without Lies”. The open dissident activities, also considered illegal, were written protests containing many signatures, such as the protest when the Soviet dissident and nuclear scientist It is estimated that around 500 Estonian dissidents were arrested, tortured, jailed and sent to GULAG hard labour camps in the period between 1953 and 1988.The beginning of the end of the Soviet Union began in the second half of the 1980s when Estonia managed to avoid the violence and killings that took place in the other Baltic States in 1991.From the so-called Hirvepark demonstration held in August 1988. it was dangerous to organise or participate in such demonstrations.