Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Estonia, Latvia neLithuania dzakaita shanduko dzedemokrasi uye dzakawana rusununguko kubva kuSoviet Union. Shanduko Yekuimba izita rinowanzoshandiswa rezviitiko pakati pa1987 na1991 zvakatungamira mukudzorerwa kwekusununguka kweEstonia, Latvia neLithuania. Izwi iri rakagadzirwa nemumwe muEstonia muratidziri uye muimbi, Heinz Valk, mune imwe nyaya yakaburitswa vhiki mushure me10 <unk> 11 June 1988 kuratidzira kwevanhu vakawanda vachiimba husiku paTallinn Song Festival Grounds. Estonia yakazivisa uchangamire hwayo kubva kuSoviet Union musi wa16 November 1988. Lithuania yakatevera pana 18 May 1989 uye Latvia pana 28 July 1989. Lithuania yakazivisa kuzvitonga kuzere musi wa 11 Kurume 1990 uye musi wa 30 Kurume, Estonia yakazivisa kutanga kwenguva yekuchinjira kuzvitonga, ichiteverwa neLatvia musi wa 4 Chivabvu. Kuzivisa uku kwakasangana nesimba kubva kuSoviet Union mukuvamba kwa1991, mukunetsana kunozivikanwa se"Zviitiko zvaJanuary" muLithuania ne"Soviet Union".
"Mibhedha" muLatvia. Nyika dzokuBaltic dzakapikisa kuti kubatanidzwa kwadzo muSoviet Union kwakanga kusina kutenderwa nomutemo wenyika dzakawanda nomutemo wadzo vamene, uye dzakanga dzichisimbisazve kuzvimirira uko kwakanga kuchiripo pamutemo.