Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pakazosvika pakati paJune, pashure pokunge kurambidzwa kwezvoupfumi kweLithuania kwakundikana, vaSoviet vakatanga kutaurirana neLithuania nedzimwe nyika mbiri dzeBaltic. VaSoviet vakanga vane denho huru kumwewo, sezvo nyika yeRussian federal republic yakazivisa uchangamire muna June. Panguva imwe cheteyo nyika dzeBaltic dzakatangawo kutaurirana zvakananga nehurumende yeRussia. Pashure penhaurirano dzakakundikana vaSoviet vakaita nhamburiko inoshamisa asi yakundikana yokuputsa mhirizhonga ndokutumira mauto okuuraya makumi maviri uye kukuvadza mazana avagari vomunzanga mune izvo zvakazivikanwa se"kuuraya kwaVilnius" uye "kuuraya kweVilnius"
The Barricades" muLatvia muna January 1991. Muna August 1991, nhengo dzakaramba dzichiomerera pakodzero dzakaedza kudzora Soviet Union. Zuva rakatevera kudengenyeka kwenyika musi wa21 Nyamavhuvhu, vanhu veEstonia vakazivisa kuzvitonga kuzere, mushure mekunge referendamu yekuzvitonga kweEstonia ya1991 yaitwa muEstonia musi wa3 Kurume 1991, pamwe chete nereferendamu yakafanana muLatvia mwedzi iwoyo. Yakagamuchirwa ne78.4% yevavhoti ne82.9% yekubuda. Rusununguko rwakadzorerwa neDare Repamusoro reEstonia usiku hwaAugust 20. Paramende yeLatvia yakaita chirevo chakafanana musi iwoyo. Kubvuta kwacho kwakakundikana asi kuparara kweSoviet Union kwakava kusingadzivisiki. Pashure pokunge kudengenyeka kwacho kwaparara, hurumende yeSoviet yakaziva kuzvimiririra kwenyika nhatu dzeBaltic musi wa6 September 1991.