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I'm surprised at the lack of mention of the human chain, which is the most famous act of protest on the 23 August: "Approximately two million people joined the
by dTal 7y ago
I'm surprised at the lack of mention of the human chain, which is the most famous act of protest on the 23 August:
"Approximately two million people joined their hands to form a human chain spanning 675.5 kilometres (419.7 mi) across the three Baltic states – Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, which were considered at the time to be constituent republics of the Soviet Union."
A stark contrast with the article, which says "Only a few hundred people showed up".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic_Way https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic_Way
- tasdomas 7y agoThe Baltic way was in 1989, two years after the first demonstration - maybe that's why the article did not mention it. Regardless, that too was a spectacular thing to do.
- dTal 7y agoAh, my mistake. Still, a surprising omission, as the seminal anti-Soviet protest in Lithuania, and within the author's memory.