Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakazosvika pakati paJune, pashure pokurambidzwa kwezvoupfumi kweLithuania kusina kubudirira, vaSoviet vakatanga kurukurirano 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 ehondo achiuraya makumi maviri nokukuvadza mazana avagari vemo mune izvo zvakazivikanwa se"Vilnius massacre" uye "The Barricades"
" muLatvia mukati maJanuary 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.