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Baltic Way

1989 peaceful demonstration in the form of a human chain
Event protest Q389646
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Summary

Baltic Way is a protest[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of protest entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,836 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Soviet Union[3]
  • Instance of: human chain[4]
  • Location: Baltic states[5]
  • Part of: Singing Revolution[6]
  • Commons category: Baltic Way[7]
  • Point in time: August 23, 1989[8]
  • Described at URL: http://www.balticway.net/[9]
  • Number of participants: 2,000,000[10]
  • Length: 600 km[11]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Eesti 1000[12]

Why It Matters

Baltic Way has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

It has been cited as an influence by Via Catalana[15], a human chain[16], in Spain[17].

FAQs

Who did Baltic Way influence?

Baltic Way has been cited as an influence by Via Catalana[15].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · Putnik · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id → baltijos-kelias
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id: baltijos-kelias"
  2. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → —
    Length → {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+600'}
    Country → Soviet Union
    Point in time → +1989-08-23T00:00:00Z
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007532597305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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