Preface Authorities and Dissidents Protests and Demands for Human Rights Ideology and the Individual Charter 77 - the Inspiration for the Baltic Charter The Road to Freedom Latvia Estonia Lithuania About the Exhibition Virtual Exhibition In Foreign countries In Latvia Virtual Exhibition team Sources   Protesters on August 23, 1987, head to Hirvepark in Tallinn to commemorate the anniversary of the signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. Photo by the State Security Committee (KGB) of the Estonian SSR. State Archives of Estonia 4967-P-0007,0008, 0009,0010,0011,0012 Protesters on August 23, 1987, head to Hirvepark in Tallinn to commemorate the anniversary of the signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. Photo by the State Security Committee (KGB) of the Estonian SSR. Protesters in Tartu Town Hall Square on May 16, 1987, demonstrating against the extraction of ecologically harmful phosphorite in Estonia. The 1986-1987 campaign against the extraction of phosphorite marked the beginning of the national reawakening in Estonia. Photo by Paavo Kuiv, from his personal collection. Protesters in Tartu Town Hall Square on May 16, 1987, demonstrating against the extraction of ecologically harmful phosphorite in Estonia. The 1986-1987 campaign against the extraction of phosphorite marked the beginning of the national reawakening in Estonia. An April 1988 student rally in Tartu in support of the preservation of cultural monuments. The students hold a poster criticizing Estonian Communist Party leader Karl Vaino and Estonian SSR Council of Ministers chairman Bruno Saul Olev Livikk personal collection An April 1988 student rally in Tartu in support of the preservation of cultural monuments. The students hold a poster criticizing Estonian Communist Party leader Karl Vaino and Estonian SSR Council of Ministers chairman Bruno Saul The Estonian SSR Supreme Council's declaration of the sovereignty of the Estonian SSR within the USSR, passed on November 16, 1988. State Archives of Estonia 3-3-14216,pp. 62-63. Members of the Estonian SSR Supreme Council after the November 16, 1988, passing of the declaration of the sovereignty of the Estonian SSR within the USSR. Estonian History Museum collection Nr. 35213. Members of the Estonian SSR Supreme Council after the November 16, 1988, passing of the declaration of the sovereignty of the Estonian SSR within the USSR. The “Song of Estonia” rally, which took place on September 11, 1988, shortly before the founding of the Popular Front of Estonia. Photo by Viljar Viljamäe, from his personal collection. The “Song of Estonia” rally, which took place on September 11, 1988, shortly before the founding of the Popular Front of Estonia The Estonian SSR Supreme Council's Declaration of the Independence of Estonia, passed on August 20, 1991, which formally declared Estonia's full independence from the USSR. National Archives of Estonia 3- 3- 6071, p.1. The Estonian SSR Supreme Council's Declaration of the Independence of Estonia, passed on August 20, 1991, which formally declared Estonia's full independence from the USSR.