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What country first became independent from the USSR starting the move towards independence among Soviet republics?
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoLithuanina was the first to declare its independence in march 1990, quickly followed by Estonia and Latvia. The three Baltic republics had always had the weakest cultural and historic ties to Russia and were seen by many as the natural candidates to be the first (and possibly only) ones break away from the Soviet Union.
Russia recognized independence of the three republics in September 1991.
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∙ 13y ago- Tallinn of Estonia
- Riga of Latvia
- Vilnius of Lithuania
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∙ 13y agoWiki User
∙ 7y agoLITHUANIA was the first of the Soviet Republics to declare independence and did so on March 11, 1990.
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∙ 11y agoLithuania.
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