Lithuania became the first Soviet republic to declare its independence in 1990
In 1990, Lithuania courageously defied the Kremlin by becoming the first Soviet republic to declare its full restoration of independence, signaling the inevitable fragmentation of the USSR.
On March 11, 1990, the Supreme Council of Lithuania signed the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State, boldly declaring that the nation was no longer part of the Soviet Union. This was a historic gamble, as Lithuania was the first of the fifteen Soviet republics to formally break away.
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