Popular Front of Latvia
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The Popular Front of Latvia was a political organisation in Latvia in the late 1980s and early 1990s which led Latvia to its independence from the Soviet Union. It was similar to the Popular Front of
Museum of the Popular Front in Riga
1991 Soviet coup attempt
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In August 1991, hardliners of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union attempted to forcibly seize control of the country from Mikhail Gorbachev, who was Soviet president and General Secretary of the C
Popular Front of Latvia
…of this the independence movement is now known as "the Singing Revolution". The independence of Latvia was finally recognised after the failure of the Soviet putsch in August 1991. The main political goal of Tautas fronte was thus achieved. It now faced a more difficult task: reforming the socialist economy of…
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