dont underestimate the power of music. this true story happened on Aug. 20th 1991:Night after night, a cycle of singing mass demonstrations eventually collected 300,000 Estonians (more than one-fifth of the population) in Tallinn to sing national songs and hymns, which had been strictly forbidden during the years of Soviet occupation, as rock musicians played. The Singing Revolution lasted over five years with various protests and acts of defiance. In 1991, as Soviet tanks were rolling throughout the countryside in an attempt to quell the Singing Revolution, the Estonian Soviet (Legislature) together with the Congress of Estonia proclaimed the restoration of the independent State of Estonia and repudiated Soviet legislation. Estonians stood as human shields to protect radio and TV stations from the tanks. As a result of the revolution, ESTONIA WON ITS INDEPENDENCE WITHOUT ANY BLOODSHED.amazing.
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