The Singing Revolution Explained

[@iammrbeat]

Project Revolution (the entire playlist): kzbin.info/aero/PL0MwcDYjQCaNWvMbxAcLoTxvqOxfC24MW What do you think was the most important revolution in human history?

[@ryanx9372]

The Earth traveling around the sun is the most important revolution I can think of for human prosperity.

[@Mr.Turano]

Definitely the American revolution, right after the industrial. I'm biased of course but only because I'm right.

[@Simou0215]

Good video, you were correct in stating the approximate time of Lithuanias declaration of independence, which was on march 11 1990, however the 14 people that you mentioned actually died later on January 13 1991 protecting the tv tower against Soviet troops. Other than this little hiccup I think this is a great video and as a Lithuanian I'd like to thank you for it.

[@pbohearn]

Ryan X is that a revolution? Or did you mean when we came to agree that the earth traveled around the sun?

[@iammrbeat]

Oh Ryan.

[@psy-lion]

As a latvian i'm very confused why no one understands that we never actually wanted to join the soviet union in the 1st place, we gained our independence in 1918 and thats our only real independence day, our association with some random union was truly some evil nightmare

[@iammrbeat]

An important point that I should have brought up in the video.

[@timmmahhhh]

I think anyone who has any interest in history learns that very few of the places adjacent to Russia wanted to be in the USSR or Comecon. I've been to Poland where our tour guide told us that they were not liberated in 1945 but we're traded from Nazi occupation to a Soviet one. As for the Baltic States Stalin was too nasty and crazy for most anyone to defend you guys. The Finns had the advantage of weather and the tenacity to deal with it to fend off the Soviets themselves, granted they lost Karelia and a few other border subsequent to the Winter War to keep their independence.

[@nicholasbartulovic6221]

Wasn’t that also the case too for Estonia and Lithuania?

[@timmmahhhh]

@@nicholasbartulovic6221 I've always gotten the impression that the Lithuanians hated the Russians and Soviet occupation the most of all the Republics, and they were the least shy about showing their disdain. Though I was in the USSR April 1989 and our group was supposed to go to Tblisi, Georgia as part of the tour to visit with an architecture professor, but due to an uprising there at the time we were detoured to Sochi.

[@Gia1911Logous]

"never actually wanted to join the soviet union" Kārlis Ulmanis : *_awkward laugh_*

[@andrepolkstonia4728]

Thank you so much! It means a lot to us Estonians, also to Latvians and Lithuanians that this topic is being covered!

[@iammrbeat]

It's my pleasure. I can't wait to visit the Baltic states.

[@plutothetutor1660]

Tere!

[@esti349]

I’m American, but I honestly prefer to learn about Estonian and Baltic history in general, because I just find it extremely Interesting!

[@ugnikalnis]

@@esti349 you will find a lot interesting... Thank you!

[@KohaAlbert]

@@esti349 I'd could help understanding to better receive your own history as well.

[@lifecycles9861]

We estonians like to say that we were peaceful and tore down soviet union with other baltics. Estonians, latvians and lithuanians will stay strong together. Ei ole üksi ükski maa!

[@matheuspenteado8174]

"Singing is much better than genocide." I agree.

[@kristjansimmul4280]

It touches me to see this video. Not only because I’m Estonian. But twice you briefly feature my late mother in the video. She was among many of those who spoke publicly about the oppressive Soviets and virtually spent her whole adult life helping push for re-independence of the Baltic States. Thank you so much for making and sharing this video!

[@iammrbeat]

Oh wow! Thanks for sharing!

[@katimolter3194]

Eesti sünnipäev 24. veebruar

[@tannerwilson4843]

What a really cool way to show your desire your independence!

[@iammrbeat]

Agreed!

[@latvia1]

I wonder how so little amount of people knew about this

[@Gia1911Logous]

Greece: You fockin wot We got independence after a 9-year revolution with a 2-year civil war within it WDYM YOU GOTTA SING

[@KootFloris]

@@latvia1 Big powers prefer you think fighting and dying will make you free. To be defeated by singing is humiliating and might work so much better than most people realize.

[@ultimatestoryteller]

Yes , the Baltic States undoubtedly suffered much more than other republics in USSR. Even today , the female population in all 3 nations (especially Latvia) is on average , the highest in the world due to the high number of deaths of males. Long live their freedom

[@iammrbeat]

That's a crazy statistic!

[@nikolaisaranin3824]

That's hardly true compared to countries like Belorussia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan

[@schlymfrainkestxchieftains2623]

@@nikolaisaranin3824 Belorussia? What's that name

[@uyuman1]

@@schlymfrainkestxchieftains2623 Belarus today

[@ezrathegreatconqueror]

Gir Affe's T.V stupid idiot who the fuck does not know what Belorussia is?

[@abdullahgoekce4647]

Wow, such a beautiful thing Very brave and nice people Respect from 🇹🇷 to 🇪🇪🇱🇹🇱🇻

[@lucid.lucifer8075]

Yeah im from 🇱🇹

[@katimolter3194]

Ok Im from Estonia

[@gguerard]

This is a great example of humanity! I have a whole new view of those countries and their struggles. Great video!

[@iammrbeat]

Me too after researching this! And thank you :)

[@MIC2077]

Revolution: The Musical

[@iammrbeat]

Let's get it to Broadway!

[@ValevLaube]

There's already a musical in the works, look it up on Facebook, KZbin, or Google

[@mdjey2]

The first message was spread through poems. It was less censored than music recordings.

[@bravuuritar4468]

They will make the broadway musical about Estonian Singing Revolution :)

[@hoodclassicsofcalifornia]

The Baltics, though in military not too powerful, through culture, one of the strongest we've ever seen

[@jamesr.b.kieliszewski6731]

My college choir did a whole concert based on the singing revolution from the Baltic’s

[@iammrbeat]

That's amazing. Is it viewable online anywhere?

[@jamesr.b.kieliszewski6731]

Mr. Beat I really wish it was recorded but it was not. I can tell you the songs we sang though. We sang Pūt Vēnjini, a Lativin folk tune Curse Upon Iron (Raua needmine) by Estonien Composer Veljo Tormis O Salutaris Hostia: Vytautas Miškinis. It’s based on the catholic prayer before Eucharistic adoration In My Little Picture Frame: Ēriks Ešenvalds Tavas saknes tavā zemē: Can’t recall the arranger All were A Cappella with no background accompaniment. Just voices and voices only. It was with Illinois State University Chamber Singers direction by Mark Grizzard

[@jamesr.b.kieliszewski6731]

Mr. Beat Here’s links to all the songs that we did I found on KZbin kzbin.info/www/bejne/pn6Ti41tpMylnNE kzbin.info/www/bejne/j3rGZH2CjtuFeas kzbin.info/www/bejne/jnzIe6iem5KWhpo kzbin.info/www/bejne/npKQdp-XbdqWjac kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4i3g6mMYtCGe7M

[@PaleTyche]

​@@jamesr.b.kieliszewski6731 Curse upon iron (Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir): kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpnNgXp9iNqohK8

[@konfunable]

I was only 2 years-old when I stood there in that human chain. (well, kind of stood, more like been held by my parents)

[@iammrbeat]

I hope to get many more comments like these :)

[@BlueblueN]

I wasn't even born yet, but I was born in a newly independent state, while my sister was technically born in the ussr (which she removed from her papers)

[@dxw3895]

I stood there too. Near to city of Sigulda.

[@aimaniskandar476]

It must feel good knowing you're part of the bigger history

[@yndsu]

It was my 1st birthday when that day. I do not think my parents ended up going to take part in the chain sadly though.

[@nostalgiakarlk.f.7386]

One of the only times in human history in which singing a little song DID solve a problem.

[@iammrbeat]

Heck yeah

[@Fankas2000]

Only after a dozen people died or so people died.

[@bravuuritar4468]

Fankas2000 no shit. There were so many wars back then

[@edgardale4501]

A little song? They sang the souls of their countries big collection of songs handed down from centuries of oppression from invading countries. Songs are what kept these peoples languages alive and comforted them while being forcefully christianized from both east and west.

[@davestrasburg408]

This brought tears to my eyes. The Baltic states are close to where l grew up, which is Finland; the Estonian language is even closely related to Finnish. l remember how touched l was about the long-awaited independence of these countries; l also remember calling my Mother in Finland to ask her for newspaper clippings about the Baltics' independence.

[@ugnikalnis]

Tegyvuoja Baltija! 🇱🇹 Lai dzīvo Baltija! 🇱🇻 Elagu Baltimaad! 🇪🇪

[@Kert69]

Baltimaad*

[@ugnikalnis]

@@Kert69 ty

[@cste9146]

Eläköön Baltian maat! 🇫🇮

[@kapabahcaravan6378]

atmostas baltija! lietuva, latvija, iguanija! bunda jau baltija! lietuva, latvija, estija! ärgake baltimaad! leedumaa, lätimaa, eestimaa!

[@kivsune3832]

I'm so glad you've made this video. Love from Lithuania🇱🇹

[@KatoTVcsgo]

Opa Lietuvis

[@bluenorthlion123]

Never did I think I'd see a reliable video in english on KZbin about the Singing Revolution. I'm happy to be wrong! 🇱🇻

[@iammrbeat]

That means a lot! Thank you!

[@katimolter3194]

@@iammrbeat estonia has hümn mu isamaa mu õnn ja rõõm

[@NateTheGreat2399]

One of my favorite revolutions and Mr. Beat in the same video? Nice

[@iammrbeat]

I'm just glad you had actually already heard of this one. lol

[@saw7191]

Nice

[@AncientAccounts]

The Rest of the playlist: *_we killed people and did incredible patriotic deeds to get independence_* The Estonians: *_hold my microphone_*

[@iammrbeat]

Actually, we might need that microphone...give that back.

[@GreatRetro]

@Jarko Školin With it's mouth ))

[@takuan71]

@Jarko Školin replacing a mike and loudspeakers with more choirs.

[@GigAHerZ64]

Estonians don't need a microphone to sing! There was a case during national singing festival during the singing revolution, when the ordinary songs were sang and event should have ended, Estonians started singing the forbidden patriotic songs. The soviets ordered their military band with amplification to play soviet music over the singers and quiet them down. Both singers on stage and in crowd sang so loud that the soviet band was no match and soon they retreated. We don't need anything but our songs to do amazing things! The national singing festival is a regular thing since 18-hundreds. Last one happened on 2019. You have a chance to come and see, what we do. :)

[@takuan71]

@@iammrbeat Come to think of it, our choir may have been the very first one to perform Estonian anthem in public. It was early spring 1988, we had been recording with TV all day long, everyone was so elated and then as we went home, singing all the way, we ended up @ Tallinn town square. There we did our little improvised concert, including the forbidden anthem, the last one several times. In the end there were quite a lot of people. Many of them were crying... Ah, and we had no mike, a capella all the way :)

[@0isay]

Singing > Genocide Hope I can remember this when needed.

[@ThisisBarris]

The dissolution of the USSR and the events that lead to it is probably one of my favorite part of recent history by how relatively peaceful it was. It always makes me happy to see how unified and hopeful people were during events like the fall of the Berlin Wall and the Singing Revolution. Of course, I'm not trying to demean the violence and massacres that occurred in some places, such as in Azerbaijan and Lithuania, but I think considering the size and context of the USSR, it could have been much worse. Great work Mr. Beat.

[@iammrbeat]

I could not agree more! It could have gone a lot worse.

[@SamAronow]

A lot of hard work went into making sure it stayed peaceful too. It’s too easily forgotten.

[@ThisisBarris]

@@SamAronow Yes definitely. Nothing is a given and it wasn't due to a miracle that it remained peaceful.

[@command_unit7792]

The collapse of the soviet union has caused more deaths then WW1....

[@trollzor85]

@@SamAronow yeah, thanks to Gorbachev

[@emilandreasson9670]

This is beautful, why am I crying?

[@deividaspupelis1280]

Wow finally you made a video where I participate thats so cool that you recognize such a small countries such as Baltic, Mr. Beat greetings from Lithuania

[@iammrbeat]

Yay! I hope to someday visit your country. :)

[@lifecycles9861]

Fuck, I cant stop crying! These songs are so beautiful, I always sing them proudly on indipendence days of Estonia and yes we have 2 indipendence days.

[@SiVlog1989]

Re-establishing the independence of the Baltic States was justice for all of them, not least because of their unjust annexation by the Soviet Union at the start of World War 2

[@iammrbeat]

Certainly...that was pretty shady by Stalin. Then again, it was freaking Stalin.

[@lihtsaltkristjan7331]

The Soviet Union opressed the Baltic people for 50 years.

[@JackJack-gj5xs]

Mr. Beat I’m pretty sure Stalin told the leaders if they didn’t agree to annexation they wouldn’t leave Russia

[@ugnikalnis]

I'm from Lithuania. Thank you for raising this topic in to the light! You can dig deeper in our Baltic History and make a video.

[@Artur_M.]

I was planning to watch the whole playlist in order but eventually skipped a couple of videos to get to this one. I'm very happy that this revolution got included in this collaboration. You did a great job presenting it. A little known interesting aspect of this revolution is that one of the Soviet military commanders stationed in the region was privately very sympathetic towards the revolutionaries wanting independence, supposedly going as far as disobeying orders. I'm talking about Major General Dzhokhar Dudayev. You might have heard about him in the context of his later attempts to gain independence for his own homeland, which sadly wasn't that peaceful or successful.

[@iammrbeat]

Thanks for the kind words and for sharing that.

[@konfunable]

Dudayev was true hero and patriot of Chechnya. It is so sad he lost and Chechnya now is one of the worst hell holes controled by mafia.

[@DaglasVegas]

I like it how the most of the videos involve a lot of death and violence, but you managed to find a revolution that centers around singing.

[@iammrbeat]

lol yeah. I get tired of war and violence. A bit even slipped into this video, though.

[@nicholasbeck7872]

Great video, Mr. Beat. Thank you.

[@iammrbeat]

Thank YOU :)

[@MySuperman112]

Malcom X: there has never been a revolution without bloodshed The Baltic states: Hold my beer

[@iammrbeat]

Malcolm said that?

[@MySuperman112]

Mr. Beat yeah I believe it was during his speech ‘A message to the grassroots’

[@veebuk8522]

13-14 people died on janury 13 1991

[@belstar1128]

Well he did say that before this happened.

[@compatriot852]

*cough* Forest Brother revolution *cough*

[@aleks5717]

As a fellow Latvian, I thank you for bringing light to how the Baltics achieved indpendence in rather peaceful and non-provocative manner. With the stories my parents told me about their childhood during USSRs control and the general way of Soviet rule, its safe to say that the Soviet regime simply surpressed the non-Russian republic cultures/traditions in the arogant belieft that Russias 'communist' ideals were above all others. I don't believe socialism nor communism shouldnt be as advocated as it is, as most people dont know the extent of human loss it resulted into in both USSR and Communist China. However, that does not direclty mean capitalism is the perfect system, although it is responsible for the sheer pace of technological and economical growth advancement, it often doesnt count in the external costs like pollution and so on. went on a bit of a tangent and just felt like writing something, anyways cheers for the video

[@dams6829]

As fellow Latvian I agree

[@iammrbeat]

Thank you for sharing your thoughts. You have a balanced outlook. I hope I did your revolution justice!

[@bobmcewen5314]

BTW...the more capitalistic the economy, the cleaner the air & water. The more socialistic (government ownership) the greater the pollution.

[@dargondude2375]

@@bobmcewen5314 this just confuses me

[@SpaceMarine500]

@@bobmcewen5314what

[@TroliFishi]

I'm from Lithuania, so this revolution has a special place in my heart :D (also, Baltics vs USSR, Baltics win, gg)

[@audriusg4114]

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm speak Lithuanian

[@afrent9296]

Laba diena lol I kinda feel weird using Lithuania in KZbin idk why

[@Milkpastasoup]

I'm too westernised to even know of this. The only person that speaks of the history is my dad.

[@yndsu]

We always win. Remember WW1 when we had to fight together against the Prussians and the Russians!

[@flex5002]

koks baltic wins.. jeigu rusai noretu tai tas pats kaip niekas uzsiimtu i vel televizijos boksta nejaukauk gerai.... :)

[@potatojo9013]

Finally someone talked about this

[@zach7193]

Man, a revolution of singing that had little bloodshed. Amazing.

[@iammrbeat]

Exactly

[@Heikkinen0301]

Never forget the Heroes who fought for Freedom 🇫🇮💪🇪🇪🇱🇹🇱🇻

[@danielamatveja1193]

Im Latvian and im proud of my ancesters of doing this Because now we can live in peac

[@MegaToonzNetwork]

But.....LATVIANS ARE A WARRIOR RACE OF RAPPERS!!!!

[@aburrki6732]

7:45 small detail but the events you're describing happened after Lithuania declared independence not before. On January 13th soviet forces occupied Vilnius ( pronounced kind of like "will news") killing 14 peaceful protesters and injuring several others.

[@EpimetheusHistory]

That song sounds super awesome! Definitely the best sounding revolution...Great video man!

[@iammrbeat]

Thanks colleague!

[@thesireen]

The baltics: *SING* USSR: *CONFUSION IN RUSSIAN*

[@lucid.lucifer8075]

The Baltics used 'Sing' USSR's health has been taken down to 5% USSR has been confused.

[@tristenwendling]

Possibly your most odd video you’ve made. Yet it has become one of my favorites! Good Job!

[@iammrbeat]

Thanks :) I often try to "out odd" myself.

[@lukedetering4490]

Only fitting you get this one, Mr. BEAT

[@iammrbeat]

That's what some of the other collaborators for Project Revolution were saying. :)

[@franciscomm7675]

@@iammrbeat well suited

[@christopherjustice6411]

So, the Soviet Union could handle 1. The White Russian Army 2. Nestor Makhno's army of Anarchists 3. The Freaking Nazis 4. Hungarian Revolutionaries 5. Czechoslovak College Students But not a bunch of signing Baltic people?

[@falseprophet4927]

they were weakened at the time but yeah.

[@Kert69]

Singing is strooiong C:

[@eglunasklimavicius9771]

❤Aciu. Thank you!!!

[@lucid.lucifer8075]

420 miles. . .. us Baltics know what up!

[@mercedesveermae5789]

This was thw first actually accurate video about History of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania I've seen on you tube

[@TheSkult]

Great video! As a Latvian myself I appreciate people shining light on this topic as few people outside the Baltic know about this event. Can I also mention that before all these events there were secret meetings that discussed independence (my grandmother participated in these meetings).

[@belstar1128]

80s music was so good it could stop the 2nd biggest army in the world

[@dhooth]

I had heard about this some time ago in Estonia and found it really interesting. Best revolution 10/10

[@Soliloquy084]

It's pretty awesome what they managed to achieve with peaceful action ... but did they have to make such a song and dance about it! (now that I'm a dad, these are my jokes, it's a rule apparently) Also, It was great to take part in this collab with you.

[@iammrbeat]

I'm a Dad. I totally loved that.

[@enrikas__4944]

The 14 deaths of January 13th, 1991 you mentioned, actually happened after the declaration of independence in March 11th 1990

[@djirodymas787]

You should really watch "How we played revolution". It shows a lot about Lithuania's part of going against Soviets through singing. Also, before the singing revolution there was anti-soviet/anti-nazi guerilla warfare (bloodiest in Europe's history afaik) that was eventually squashed. Great video!

[@douglasgw1992]

Who gave you a green screen Mr.Beat!? And why weren't you my teacher in high school!?

[@iammrbeat]

I just painted a wall green in my basement lol. And I can be your teacher now? Every Friday morning (usually).

[@douglasgw1992]

@@iammrbeat I look forward to the classes!

[@aphroditeaquarius8710]

My great grandmother,my grandma,my mother ecs they were all part of this singing revolution💪❤

[@Artomers]

WHAT MR BEAST IVE BEEN A FAN FOR QUITE A WHILE I HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS VIDEO. It means a lot, thank you!!!

[@lihtsaltkristjan7331]

Greetings from Estonia.

[@connorm2975]

I am in the process of writing a research paper on this amazing topic. Thanks for such an informative and concise video!

[@TheTeoras1]

8:45 Kinda a shame you didn't mention the Lithuanian events a bit more. Lithuania, just like Latvia and Estonia had to defend their capitals against Soviet troops who tried to seize important buildings, such as the TV tower in Vilnius and other important government buildings. Otherwise, pretty good video.

[@vytautassulcas6494]

agree. I personally was one of those who sat the winter nights around Lithuanian Parliament

[@TheHestya]

I think a very key point is that we had been occupied by many countries over the years. All the Baltic countries had experienced the same oppression. And we all saw each other as brothers and sisters not just through being neighbours, but through joined suffering. Russians had tried to destroy our music, language, books and history before and our writers, poets and anyone able to save and write down our traditions to keep them alive did so for centuries. Which is why so much of our pagan culture is still alive. We fought hard to keep it. During the Soviet Union, there was a lot of censorship of the radio, TV, newspapers etc so the ways of telling the rest of the world that our occupation was forceful and that we didn't want to be a part of the Union were very limited. There were casualties as part of protecting our radio and TV from Soviets during what we call The Barricades. They still do not admit and have not apologised for the suffering they brought us (I know they say they're a separate country, but to us it's always been just good old Russia oppressing everyone they could). We are a peaceful nation that has suffered for many centuries and have had to fight back occupants repeatedly. Today we can just celebrate our culture and tradition, which is such a big deal. P.S. Every 4 years we have a song and dance festival in Latvia that's all about folk songs and dances. It's amazing, we have absolutely amazing choirs and it's impressive as fudge. Check it out.

[@hiieposti4168]

I hate when people say Estonia is super young, like 29 years, but it's actually 102yrs. Big difference

[@TwistedEgg]

Its even worse with lithuania. Lithuania existed since he muddle ages

[@hiieposti4168]

Estonians have been on the same place too for centuries, but we weren't free. But I think Lithuania's state is worse,

[@StayInterested]

Super interesting topic! I'm almost done watching the entire playlist!

[@sargonofakkad6015]

"Say its 1986 and you are in Soviet Union" I really hope i am not anywhere near Belarus or Ukraine

[@TLGWxGolden]

I'm from Lithuania it's amazing to see The Baltic State united together to regain freedom and Mr. Beat Will you make video to compared all 3 Baltic State's? I would love to see this it

[@veebuk8522]

8:34 lithuania had the same thing but it cost 14 lives

[@JakisNojus]

7:40

[@swanskogjsson151]

One of the greatest revolutions in modern time.

[@hilmust6278]

The Forest Brothers who fought and died for each other in the 50s for the baltic states: am i a joke to you?

[@SiiriRebane]

correction: phosphorite was mined in Estonia already before those plans. near Tallinn whole villages were destroyed. just this new mining plan was expanded to very sensitive areas where they might've had very bad results in local waters and all region's water system, bc around there where biggest mining was planned, are beginnings of many rivers. and rumor has, this phosphorite was not even very good as fertilizer. so those plans were made essentially, just to eff up Estonian land, bc they can. could. did not, in fact.

[@conversationtosaurusrex]

Still amazing as always

[@iammrbeat]

Thanks :D

[@conversationtosaurusrex]

@@iammrbeat You're welcome

[@joanignasi91]

If you gaze long into a video on the singing revolution gazing into itself the singing revolution stares back at you

[@iammrbeat]

I shall try it

[@itsbrittnaybittchh8809]

Great information 👍 thanks Mr. Beat! I agree singing is a better alternative to genocide

[@iammrbeat]

I'm glad you agree. :D

[@itsbrittnaybittchh8809]

@@iammrbeat well I gotta say, I wouldn't want to meet the guy who disagrees with that!

[@aistesmigelskaite8758]

7:44 You mean "before". We declared our independance on March 11th, 1990. Those fourteen people were killed on January 13th, 1991, almost a year after the declaration of independence. Edit: And the baricades in Latvia were build after the agression of USSR in Lithuania.

[@lauraa8989]

I'm so proud to say that I'm Latvian. Thank you for taking about this!

[@bt7_master]

My grandma was Part of this and I think it is an event to be remembered forever

[@Auri713Real]

Its been 30 years form that time Greethings from Lithuania:)

[@nickgigante2855]

The miles though *N I C E*

[@iammrbeat]

Brett?!? I didn't know you were a fan of the channel!

[@nickgigante2855]

Mr. Beat gotta go with the facts

[@aphroditeaquarius8710]

Its an honor to be Estonian💪❤

[@YZhou-mq1bw]

Thank you for sharing. The Baltics are great people, anyone as a human should be proud of them.

[@rosswebster7877]

Great video as always Mr. Beat! Sorry I’m late to the party. It took a while to get through the rest of this fantastic revolutions series. I heard about The Singing Revolutions before, but wow! They kind of put Woodstock and Live-Aid to shame. A great follow-up might be about the rock band, The Plastic People of the Universe and The Prague Spring.

[@GigAHerZ64]

1:35 REdeclare independence. It was a restoration of countries' independence that were occupied by the soviets. You know, those countries were independent between both world wars, right?

[@KutsugeMindUrmoks]

Feels great to see our little countries mentioned

[@BertaButeFlick]

As someone who lived through it as a young teen in LT, participated in the Baltic Way, and all the singing events, I can attest those were most extraordinary few years.

[@OrbitalAstronaut]

Great video. Really enjoyed it.

[@thegabas]

Very cool! I'm a lithuanian myself and i'm very proud of this revolution. :D Edit: Thanks for the heart!

[@kristinabeyondborders]

I really appreciate you making this video because the Baltics deserve recognition for their strength. However, there are a few small but vital pieces of fact that I wish could be corrected: Lithuania declares independence: March 11, 1990 Soviet soldiers forcefully try to retake the power in Vilnius, killing 14 Lithuanian civilians: January 13, 1991 (a month after Gorbachev received the Nobel Piece prize)

[@SpatsirkSpart2.0]

The construction of the dam on Daugava wasn't the only environment related protest in Latvia. Both the construction of a nuclear power plant and the Riga metro got protest

[@SpatsirkSpart2.0]

Should have also mentioned the song "Atmostas Baltija" that's sung in all 3 Baltic states languages about the Baltics waking up during the revolution

[@iammrbeat]

Thanks for sharing.

[@SpatsirkSpart2.0]

@@iammrbeat Always happy to share some of my countries history

[@DisneyMBTVCNetwork]

The Singing Revolution Between 1987 and 1991 led to the restoration of the independence of the Baltic Countries which also led to the Dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 marking the end of the Cold War.

[@math1ass10]

Sabaton needs to make a song about baltic states.

[@hollyhock9638]

I am so proud of these beautiful countries

[@laurisolups6563]

I was at the Baltic Way and also Riga Barricades, at the age of 4 and 6 respectively, and I still remember that.

[@vikstankus1743]

Well done, showing the unbreakable human spirit to not give up, and to achieve freedom.

[@trashboat2687]

This guy is genius with the KZbin name. I thought it said Mr. Beast

[@shannonbeat]

ChrisENT Just his name. :)

[@02_aldebaranrahmanadhitya95]

Cool Baltic States

[@flagsmaster6783]

Now, It's time for me to sing!

[@ilonasjoberg3480]

Thank you very much!

[@niki7411]

I remember watching an interview of the people at the barricades in Latvia and there was a man who got shot and met a nurse who he ended up marrying.

[@lithuanianinbound589]

Im a lithuanian and i wanna say we ware forced to join the SSSR

[@eldermoose7938]

that's so wholesome

[@aquathereum664]

Latvian here, thanks my Estonian brothers!

[@claymore484]

I didn’t knew you were part of project revolution

[@iammrbeat]

I AM the revolution!

[@claymore484]

Mr. Beat cool your the boss it’s cool that your a Kansans because I’m from Downs Kansas if you ever heard about it