Hundreds of vintage cars set out across the Baltic states to mark the 30th anniversary of a human chain of more than a million people demanding independence from the Soviet Union
Participants of the “Baltic Way 30” get ready to depart the antique cars' event at the Cathedral Square in Vilnius, Lithaunaia on August 18, 2019.
Decorated with Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian national flags, some 200 cars began their journey from the central square in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius to the cheers of onlookers. The 675-kilometre human chain, known as the Baltic Way, linked Vilnius, Riga and Tallinn on August 23, 1989 to mark the 50th anniversary of the infamous Nazi-Soviet pact that carved up eastern Europe and led to the Baltic states' occupation by the Soviet Union.
One of the largest demonstrations in the Soviet Union, the Baltic Way was a "life changer" for many of the six million people living in the three countries, said parade participant Raimundas Skridulas.
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