Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whakatinanahia e Estonia, Latvia me Lithuania nga whakarereketanga manapori me te whakatutuki i te mana motuhake mai i te Soviet Union. Ko te Singing Revolution he ingoa e whakamahia nuitia ana mo nga huihuinga i waenga i te 1987 me te 1991 i arahi ki te whakaoranga o te mana motuhake o Estonia, Latvia me Lithuania. Ko te kupu i hangaia e te kaitautoko me te kaitoi Estonian, a Heinz Valk, i roto i tetahi tuhinga i whakaputaina i te wiki i muri mai i te 10<unk>11 o Pipiri 1988 nga whakaaturanga waiata po i te Tallinn Song Festival Grounds. I whakapuaki a Estonia i tōna rangatiratanga mai i te Soviet Union i te 16 o Whiringa-a-rangi 1988. I whai mai a Rītana i te 18 o Mei 1989 me Latvia i te 28 o Hōngongoi 1989. I whakapuaki a Lithuania i te tino rangatiratanga i te 11 o Poutu-te-rangi 1990, a i te 30 o Poutu-te-rangi, i whakapuaki a Estonia i te timatanga o te wa whakawhiti ki te rangatiratanga, i whai mai a Latvia i te 4 o Mei. Ko ēnei whakapuakitanga i tūtaki kaha mai i te Soviet Union i te tīmatanga o te tau 1991, i roto i ngā taupatupatu e mōhiotia ana ko ngā "Whakaekenga o Hānuere" i Lithuania me "
Ko nga "The Barricades" i Latvia. I kii nga whenua o Baltic ko to raatau whakauru ki te Soviet Union he ture kore i raro i te ture o te ao me o raatau ake ture, a kei te whakapumautia e raatau he motuhake kei te noho tonu.