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11/03/1990 200,000 persons in Lithuania demanded political independence from Soviet Russia

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Lithuania rejects Russia calls to hand over troops who deserted two decades ago

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Lithuania marks 25th anniversary of Soviet pullout

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Vytautas Landsbergis: The Restoration of Lithuanian Independence

January 1990 was a start of the crisis of the Soviet Union, which led to its collapse in December 1991, and in case of Lithuania, to declaring independence and establishing the Republic of Lithuania on 11 March 1990, which was the first Soviet republic to do so.
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