Lithuania in March 1990 Lithuania in March 1990
1991
Declare independence from the Soviet Union.
georgia.... it really didnt go that smoothly
LITHUANIA IN 1990
Declared its independence from the Soviet Union 16th Dec 1991.
Moscow was the capital of the USSR.The capital city of the Soviet Union is Moscow.
Belarus
Azerbaijan was part of the Soviet Union from its establishment in 1922 until the dissolution of the USSR in 1991. Initially, it became a Soviet republic in 1920, following a brief period of independence after World War I. The country then remained a constituent republic of the Soviet Union for nearly 71 years before regaining its independence.
Belarus
Belarus
Lithuania was the first Soviet republic to declare independence, in mid-March 1990. Estonia followed about two weeks later. Latvia was the last Baltic state to declare independence, and did so in May of 1990. However, the Soviet government retained power (through military force) over these republics until Yeltsin formally dissolved the Soviet Union as a legal entity in December 1991. Ignoring the democratic process, he did this despite the fact that there had been an all-Union referendum with about 76% of voters voting to retain the Soviet Union, in a revised form that made membership voluntary. - Thomas Callahan, grad student in Russian Studies, New York University.