The way to independence: the political experience of lLithuania and Ukraine in the late 1980’s - early 1990’s
Journal: History of Science and Biographical Studies
Year: 2022

Based on a comparative analysis, the article examines the political processes of gaining state independence in Lithuania and Ukraine, which began in the course of reforms of "perestroika" in the late 1980's. The impetus for the awakening of civil position and national revival in Lithuania was the publication of secret protocols of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, which confirmed the fact of Soviet occupation of the Baltic States. The "Baltic Way" was an example of mass nonviolent resistance to the c