Thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators in Hong Kong formed human chains yesterday, saying they were inspired by a similar protest against the Soviet Union exactly 30 years earlier. That human chain ...

Today marks the 30th anniversary of the “Baltic Way” in which almost a quarter of the combined populations of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania formed an unbroken human chain of linked arms almost 400 ...

Reason's December special issue marks the 30th anniversary of the collapse of the Soviet Union. This story is part of our exploration of the global legacy of that evil empire, and our effort to be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 650 KM of Freedom: Vilnius marks 35 years since the Baltic Way with huge anniversary concert On 23 August 1989, around two million ...

On August 23, 1989, approximately two million people formed a human chain from Tallinn to Vilnius to call for freedom from the Soviet Union. But what was it like to be there on the day? ERR News and ...

RIGA: The Baltic states yesterday marked 25 years since two million people joined hands in a landmark human chain linking up their capitals to demand freedom from the Soviet Union. All three Baltic ...

On August 23, 1989, almost two million people in three Baltic states, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, stood together hand-in-hand, forming an 650-kilometre-long (403-mile-long) human chain in protest ...