Question: First country to declare independence from the soviet union?
Disambiguated questions and answers: question: First country to declare independence from the soviet union, without a period of transition?
First country to declare independence from the soviet union, regardless of when it actually achieved independence?
First country to declare and officially receive independence from the soviet union?
answer: Lithuania
Republic of Lithuania
Estonia
Republic of Estonia
Lithuania
Republic of Lithuania
Natural Questions answer: Lithuania (from the Wikipedia article "Dissolution of the Soviet Union")