The End of History Part 43: The Beginning of the End

10/06/2025 35 min

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Episode Synopsis

Throughout the late 1980's and early 1990's, Glasnost awakened an irrepressible movement for independence in the Baltic States. In March 1990, Lithuania became the first Soviet Republic to formally declare independence from the USSR, precipitating a crisis.