Cika wannan jumla: Estonia, Latvia da Lithuania sun aiwatar da gyare-gyare na dimokiradiyya kuma sun sami 'yanci daga Tarayyar Soviet. Juyin Juya Halin da ake amfani da shi shine sunan da aka saba amfani dashi don abubuwan da suka faru tsakanin 1987 da 1991 wanda ya haifar da sake dawo da 'yancin kai na Estonia, Latvia da Lithuania. Wani dan gwagwarmayar Estonian da mai zane-zane, Heinz Valk, ne ya kirkiro kalmar a cikin wata kasida da aka buga mako guda bayan zanga-zangar waƙoƙin dare na 10 zuwa 11 ga Yuni 1988 a filin Tallinn Song Festival Grounds. Estonia ta ayyana ikon mallakarta daga Tarayyar Soviet a ranar 16 ga Nuwamba 1988. Lithuania ta biyo baya a ranar 18 ga Mayu 1989 da Latvia a ranar 28 ga Yuli 1989. Lithuania ta ayyana cikakken 'yancin kai a ranar 11 ga Maris 1990 kuma a ranar 30 ga Maris, Estonia ta sanar da farawar lokacin sauyawa zuwa' yancin kai, sannan Latvia ta biyo baya a ranar 4 ga Mayu. Waɗannan sanarwar sun sami ƙarfi daga Tarayyar Soviet a farkon 1991, a cikin rikice-rikice da aka sani da "Abubuwan Janairu" a Lithuania da "
Barricades" a cikin Latvia. Jihohin Baltic sun yi iƙirarin cewa haɗarsu cikin Tarayyar Soviet ta kasance ba bisa doka ba bisa ga dokar ƙasa da ƙasa da ta kansu, kuma suna sake tabbatar da 'yancin kai wanda har yanzu yana da doka.