The Singing Revolution Explained

Mr. Beat tells the story of the only revolution in world history that was all about singing- The Singing Revolution.
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The Singing Revolution- Nonviolent Protest in Estonia (2006) (excerpts shown in the video)
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August 23, 1989. Around two million people join hands to form a continuous human chain spanning 676 kilometers, or 420 miles, across three countries. Those three countries, also known as the Baltic States, are Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Well, today they are independent countries. Back then, not so much. The Soviet Union bossed them around quite a bit.
And that is precisely why these two million people had joined hands. They were protesting being controlled and oppressed by the Soviet Union, a country that uh, does NOT exist today. But hold up, what do I see here? They’re singing? And they’re all smiling? What kind of protest is that?
Well, it’s one that worked. The Baltic states were the first three Soviet Republics to successfully declare independence, eventually leading to fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 after 12 other Soviet Republics also declared independence.
The Singing Revolution usually refers to all the events between about 1987 and 1991 that led to the restoration of independence of the Baltic states. Heinz Valk, an Estonian artist and activist, first popularized the term, and I think it fits. It started out on February 25, 1987, when Estonian TV reported the Soviet Union’s plans to mine phosphorite in the northeastern part of the state. The ruling government of Estonia, the Estonian Communist Party, had hid the plans from the public and even lied about saying it would give Estonians a say before they approved the mining. Well Estonians didn’t like this so much. These mines would cause a lot of environmental damage. Not only that, the new mines would bring a predominately Russian workforce into their state, and thus further threaten their culture.
So they protested, which was a lot easier to do now that Mikhail Gorbachev, the leader of the Soviet Union, had implemented a policy called glasnost, or a policy of having a more transparent government that in turn listened more to the citizens of the Soviet Union. Before, protesting could get you in jail. Now, protesting was easier. Besides, the Estonians protested peacefully. It was classic non-violent resistance. But what about the singing? Well before Estonians had to sing Soviet songs. Now, they could sing whatever. And then two dudes named Alo Mattiisen and Jüri Leesment made a song called “No Land Is Alone,” a song about the bond all Estonians had. A bunch of pop stars performed the song and it became a national hit. And with the song came a huge wave of patriotism across Estonia.
Meanwhile, in neighboring Latvia, they had been protesting the Soviet Union’s plan to build another hydroelectric power plant along its largest river, the Daugava, which also would have caused environmental damage.
But the Singing Revolution really took off in May 1988, after the aforementioned Mattiisen and Leesment debuted the “Five Patriotic Songs” series at the Tartu Pop Festival. They basically modernized old choral songs, giving them lyrics that referenced the neglect and oppression by the Soviet government. In June, more patriotic songs debuted at the Old Town Festival in Tallinn.

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  • @iammrbeat
    @iammrbeat5 жыл бұрын

    Project Revolution (the entire playlist): kzread.info/head/PL0MwcDYjQCaNWvMbxAcLoTxvqOxfC24MW What do you think was the most important revolution in human history?

  • @ryanx9372

    @ryanx9372

    5 жыл бұрын

    The Earth traveling around the sun is the most important revolution I can think of for human prosperity.

  • @Mr.Turano

    @Mr.Turano

    5 жыл бұрын

    Definitely the American revolution, right after the industrial. I'm biased of course but only because I'm right.

  • @Simou0215

    @Simou0215

    5 жыл бұрын

    Good video, you were correct in stating the approximate time of Lithuanias declaration of independence, which was on march 11 1990, however the 14 people that you mentioned actually died later on January 13 1991 protecting the tv tower against Soviet troops. Other than this little hiccup I think this is a great video and as a Lithuanian I'd like to thank you for it.

  • @pbohearn

    @pbohearn

    5 жыл бұрын

    Ryan X is that a revolution? Or did you mean when we came to agree that the earth traveled around the sun?

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    5 жыл бұрын

    Oh Ryan.

  • @psy-lion
    @psy-lion5 жыл бұрын

    As a latvian i'm very confused why no one understands that we never actually wanted to join the soviet union in the 1st place, we gained our independence in 1918 and thats our only real independence day, our association with some random union was truly some evil nightmare

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    5 жыл бұрын

    An important point that I should have brought up in the video.

  • @timmmahhhh

    @timmmahhhh

    5 жыл бұрын

    I think anyone who has any interest in history learns that very few of the places adjacent to Russia wanted to be in the USSR or Comecon. I've been to Poland where our tour guide told us that they were not liberated in 1945 but we're traded from Nazi occupation to a Soviet one. As for the Baltic States Stalin was too nasty and crazy for most anyone to defend you guys. The Finns had the advantage of weather and the tenacity to deal with it to fend off the Soviets themselves, granted they lost Karelia and a few other border subsequent to the Winter War to keep their independence.

  • @nicholasbartulovic6221

    @nicholasbartulovic6221

    5 жыл бұрын

    Wasn’t that also the case too for Estonia and Lithuania?

  • @timmmahhhh

    @timmmahhhh

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@nicholasbartulovic6221 I've always gotten the impression that the Lithuanians hated the Russians and Soviet occupation the most of all the Republics, and they were the least shy about showing their disdain. Though I was in the USSR April 1989 and our group was supposed to go to Tblisi, Georgia as part of the tour to visit with an architecture professor, but due to an uprising there at the time we were detoured to Sochi.

  • @Gia1911Logous

    @Gia1911Logous

    4 жыл бұрын

    "never actually wanted to join the soviet union" Kārlis Ulmanis : *_awkward laugh_*

  • @andrepolkstonia4728
    @andrepolkstonia47285 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much! It means a lot to us Estonians, also to Latvians and Lithuanians that this topic is being covered!

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    5 жыл бұрын

    It's my pleasure. I can't wait to visit the Baltic states.

  • @plutothetutor1660

    @plutothetutor1660

    4 жыл бұрын

    Tere!

  • @esti349

    @esti349

    4 жыл бұрын

    I’m American, but I honestly prefer to learn about Estonian and Baltic history in general, because I just find it extremely Interesting!

  • @ugnikalnis

    @ugnikalnis

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@esti349 you will find a lot interesting... Thank you!

  • @KohaAlbert

    @KohaAlbert

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@esti349 I'd could help understanding to better receive your own history as well.

  • @matheuspenteado8174
    @matheuspenteado81745 жыл бұрын

    "Singing is much better than genocide." I agree.

  • @lifecycles9861
    @lifecycles98615 жыл бұрын

    We estonians like to say that we were peaceful and tore down soviet union with other baltics. Estonians, latvians and lithuanians will stay strong together. Ei ole üksi ükski maa!

  • @ultimatestoryteller
    @ultimatestoryteller5 жыл бұрын

    Yes , the Baltic States undoubtedly suffered much more than other republics in USSR. Even today , the female population in all 3 nations (especially Latvia) is on average , the highest in the world due to the high number of deaths of males. Long live their freedom

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    5 жыл бұрын

    That's a crazy statistic!

  • @nikolaisaranin3824

    @nikolaisaranin3824

    5 жыл бұрын

    That's hardly true compared to countries like Belorussia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan

  • @schlymfrainkestxchieftains2623

    @schlymfrainkestxchieftains2623

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@nikolaisaranin3824 Belorussia? What's that name

  • @uyuman1

    @uyuman1

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@schlymfrainkestxchieftains2623 Belarus today

  • @ezrathegreatconqueror

    @ezrathegreatconqueror

    5 жыл бұрын

    Gir Affe's T.V stupid idiot who the fuck does not know what Belorussia is?

  • @MIC2077
    @MIC20775 жыл бұрын

    Revolution: The Musical

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    5 жыл бұрын

    Let's get it to Broadway!

  • @ValevLaube

    @ValevLaube

    4 жыл бұрын

    There's already a musical in the works, look it up on Facebook, KZread, or Google

  • @mdjey2

    @mdjey2

    4 жыл бұрын

    The first message was spread through poems. It was less censored than music recordings.

  • @bravuuritar4468

    @bravuuritar4468

    3 жыл бұрын

    They will make the broadway musical about Estonian Singing Revolution :)

  • @tannerwilson4843
    @tannerwilson48435 жыл бұрын

    What a really cool way to show your desire your independence!

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    5 жыл бұрын

    Agreed!

  • @latvia1

    @latvia1

    5 жыл бұрын

    I wonder how so little amount of people knew about this

  • @Gia1911Logous

    @Gia1911Logous

    4 жыл бұрын

    Greece: You fockin wot We got independence after a 9-year revolution with a 2-year civil war within it WDYM YOU GOTTA SING

  • @KootFloris

    @KootFloris

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@latvia1 Big powers prefer you think fighting and dying will make you free. To be defeated by singing is humiliating and might work so much better than most people realize.

  • @konfunable
    @konfunable5 жыл бұрын

    I was only 2 years-old when I stood there in that human chain. (well, kind of stood, more like been held by my parents)

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    5 жыл бұрын

    I hope to get many more comments like these :)

  • @jegeriufanen4415

    @jegeriufanen4415

    4 жыл бұрын

    I wasn't even born yet, but I was born in a newly independent state, while my sister was technically born in the ussr (which she removed from her papers)

  • @dxw3895

    @dxw3895

    4 жыл бұрын

    I stood there too. Near to city of Sigulda.

  • @aimaniskandar476

    @aimaniskandar476

    3 жыл бұрын

    It must feel good knowing you're part of the bigger history

  • @yndsu

    @yndsu

    3 жыл бұрын

    It was my 1st birthday when that day. I do not think my parents ended up going to take part in the chain sadly though.

  • @kristjansimmul4280
    @kristjansimmul42805 жыл бұрын

    It touches me to see this video. Not only because I’m Estonian. But twice you briefly feature my late mother in the video. She was among many of those who spoke publicly about the oppressive Soviets and virtually spent her whole adult life helping push for re-independence of the Baltic States. Thank you so much for making and sharing this video!

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    5 жыл бұрын

    Oh wow! Thanks for sharing!

  • @katimolter3194

    @katimolter3194

    10 ай бұрын

    Eesti sünnipäev 24. veebruar

  • @abdullahgoekce4647
    @abdullahgoekce46475 жыл бұрын

    Wow, such a beautiful thing Very brave and nice people Respect from 🇹🇷 to 🇪🇪🇱🇹🇱🇻

  • @lucid.lucifer8075

    @lucid.lucifer8075

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah im from 🇱🇹

  • @katimolter3194

    @katimolter3194

    9 ай бұрын

    Ok Im from Estonia

  • @hoodclassicsofcalifornia
    @hoodclassicsofcalifornia5 жыл бұрын

    The Baltics, though in military not too powerful, through culture, one of the strongest we've ever seen

  • @nostalgiakarlk.f.7386
    @nostalgiakarlk.f.73865 жыл бұрын

    One of the only times in human history in which singing a little song DID solve a problem.

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    5 жыл бұрын

    Heck yeah

  • @Fankas2000

    @Fankas2000

    4 жыл бұрын

    Only after a dozen people died or so people died.

  • @bravuuritar4468

    @bravuuritar4468

    3 жыл бұрын

    Fankas2000 no shit. There were so many wars back then

  • @edgardale4501

    @edgardale4501

    Жыл бұрын

    A little song? They sang the souls of their countries big collection of songs handed down from centuries of oppression from invading countries. Songs are what kept these peoples languages alive and comforted them while being forcefully christianized from both east and west.

  • @jamesr.b.kieliszewski6731
    @jamesr.b.kieliszewski67315 жыл бұрын

    My college choir did a whole concert based on the singing revolution from the Baltic’s

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    5 жыл бұрын

    That's amazing. Is it viewable online anywhere?

  • @jamesr.b.kieliszewski6731

    @jamesr.b.kieliszewski6731

    5 жыл бұрын

    Mr. Beat I really wish it was recorded but it was not. I can tell you the songs we sang though. We sang Pūt Vēnjini, a Lativin folk tune Curse Upon Iron (Raua needmine) by Estonien Composer Veljo Tormis O Salutaris Hostia: Vytautas Miškinis. It’s based on the catholic prayer before Eucharistic adoration In My Little Picture Frame: Ēriks Ešenvalds Tavas saknes tavā zemē: Can’t recall the arranger All were A Cappella with no background accompaniment. Just voices and voices only. It was with Illinois State University Chamber Singers direction by Mark Grizzard

  • @jamesr.b.kieliszewski6731

    @jamesr.b.kieliszewski6731

    5 жыл бұрын

    Mr. Beat Here’s links to all the songs that we did I found on KZread kzread.info/dash/bejne/ooFkvLxwn8rYltI.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/i32XlayFidm4c6w.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/in-ZrNehlpDJgJs.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/mpVhp86aaNjJh6g.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/n4uItNiPXc65dbQ.html

  • @PaleTyche

    @PaleTyche

    4 жыл бұрын

    ​@@jamesr.b.kieliszewski6731 Curse upon iron (Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir): kzread.info/dash/bejne/gpyesqmAg9jbfrA.html

  • @gguerard
    @gguerard5 жыл бұрын

    This is a great example of humanity! I have a whole new view of those countries and their struggles. Great video!

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    5 жыл бұрын

    Me too after researching this! And thank you :)

  • @davestrasburg408
    @davestrasburg408 Жыл бұрын

    This brought tears to my eyes. The Baltic states are close to where l grew up, which is Finland; the Estonian language is even closely related to Finnish. l remember how touched l was about the long-awaited independence of these countries; l also remember calling my Mother in Finland to ask her for newspaper clippings about the Baltics' independence.

  • @AncientAccounts
    @AncientAccounts5 жыл бұрын

    The Rest of the playlist: *_we killed people and did incredible patriotic deeds to get independence_* The Estonians: *_hold my microphone_*

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    5 жыл бұрын

    Actually, we might need that microphone...give that back.

  • @GreatRetro

    @GreatRetro

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Jarko Školin With it's mouth ))

  • @takuan71

    @takuan71

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Jarko Školin replacing a mike and loudspeakers with more choirs.

  • @GigAHerZ64

    @GigAHerZ64

    4 жыл бұрын

    Estonians don't need a microphone to sing! There was a case during national singing festival during the singing revolution, when the ordinary songs were sang and event should have ended, Estonians started singing the forbidden patriotic songs. The soviets ordered their military band with amplification to play soviet music over the singers and quiet them down. Both singers on stage and in crowd sang so loud that the soviet band was no match and soon they retreated. We don't need anything but our songs to do amazing things! The national singing festival is a regular thing since 18-hundreds. Last one happened on 2019. You have a chance to come and see, what we do. :)

  • @takuan71

    @takuan71

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@iammrbeat Come to think of it, our choir may have been the very first one to perform Estonian anthem in public. It was early spring 1988, we had been recording with TV all day long, everyone was so elated and then as we went home, singing all the way, we ended up @ Tallinn town square. There we did our little improvised concert, including the forbidden anthem, the last one several times. In the end there were quite a lot of people. Many of them were crying... Ah, and we had no mike, a capella all the way :)

  • @0isay
    @0isay5 жыл бұрын

    Singing > Genocide Hope I can remember this when needed.

  • @ugnikalnis
    @ugnikalnis4 жыл бұрын

    Tegyvuoja Baltija! 🇱🇹 Lai dzīvo Baltija! 🇱🇻 Elagu Baltimaad! 🇪🇪

  • @Kert69

    @Kert69

    3 жыл бұрын

    Baltimaad*

  • @ugnikalnis

    @ugnikalnis

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Kert69 ty

  • @cste9146

    @cste9146

    Жыл бұрын

    Eläköön Baltian maat! 🇫🇮

  • @kapabahcaravan6378

    @kapabahcaravan6378

    Жыл бұрын

    atmostas baltija! lietuva, latvija, iguanija! bunda jau baltija! lietuva, latvija, estija! ärgake baltimaad! leedumaa, lätimaa, eestimaa!

  • @bluenorthlion123
    @bluenorthlion1235 жыл бұрын

    Never did I think I'd see a reliable video in english on KZread about the Singing Revolution. I'm happy to be wrong! 🇱🇻

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    5 жыл бұрын

    That means a lot! Thank you!

  • @katimolter3194

    @katimolter3194

    Жыл бұрын

    @@iammrbeat estonia has hümn mu isamaa mu õnn ja rõõm

  • @kivsune3832
    @kivsune38325 жыл бұрын

    I'm so glad you've made this video. Love from Lithuania🇱🇹

  • @KatoTVcsgo

    @KatoTVcsgo

    5 жыл бұрын

    Opa Lietuvis

  • @MySuperman112
    @MySuperman1125 жыл бұрын

    Malcom X: there has never been a revolution without bloodshed The Baltic states: Hold my beer

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    5 жыл бұрын

    Malcolm said that?

  • @MySuperman112

    @MySuperman112

    5 жыл бұрын

    Mr. Beat yeah I believe it was during his speech ‘A message to the grassroots’

  • @veebuk8522

    @veebuk8522

    5 жыл бұрын

    13-14 people died on janury 13 1991

  • @belstar1128

    @belstar1128

    5 жыл бұрын

    Well he did say that before this happened.

  • @compatriot852

    @compatriot852

    5 жыл бұрын

    *cough* Forest Brother revolution *cough*

  • @SiVlog1989
    @SiVlog19895 жыл бұрын

    Re-establishing the independence of the Baltic States was justice for all of them, not least because of their unjust annexation by the Soviet Union at the start of World War 2

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    5 жыл бұрын

    Certainly...that was pretty shady by Stalin. Then again, it was freaking Stalin.

  • @lihtsaltkristjan7331

    @lihtsaltkristjan7331

    5 жыл бұрын

    The Soviet Union opressed the Baltic people for 50 years.

  • @JackJack-gj5xs

    @JackJack-gj5xs

    4 жыл бұрын

    Mr. Beat I’m pretty sure Stalin told the leaders if they didn’t agree to annexation they wouldn’t leave Russia

  • @NateTheGreat2399
    @NateTheGreat23995 жыл бұрын

    One of my favorite revolutions and Mr. Beat in the same video? Nice

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    5 жыл бұрын

    I'm just glad you had actually already heard of this one. lol

  • @saw7191

    @saw7191

    4 жыл бұрын

    Nice

  • @ThisisBarris
    @ThisisBarris5 жыл бұрын

    The dissolution of the USSR and the events that lead to it is probably one of my favorite part of recent history by how relatively peaceful it was. It always makes me happy to see how unified and hopeful people were during events like the fall of the Berlin Wall and the Singing Revolution. Of course, I'm not trying to demean the violence and massacres that occurred in some places, such as in Azerbaijan and Lithuania, but I think considering the size and context of the USSR, it could have been much worse. Great work Mr. Beat.

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    5 жыл бұрын

    I could not agree more! It could have gone a lot worse.

  • @SamAronow

    @SamAronow

    5 жыл бұрын

    A lot of hard work went into making sure it stayed peaceful too. It’s too easily forgotten.

  • @ThisisBarris

    @ThisisBarris

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@SamAronow Yes definitely. Nothing is a given and it wasn't due to a miracle that it remained peaceful.

  • @command_unit7792

    @command_unit7792

    5 жыл бұрын

    The collapse of the soviet union has caused more deaths then WW1....

  • @trollzor85

    @trollzor85

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@SamAronow yeah, thanks to Gorbachev

  • @TroliFishi
    @TroliFishi5 жыл бұрын

    I'm from Lithuania, so this revolution has a special place in my heart :D (also, Baltics vs USSR, Baltics win, gg)

  • @audriusg4114

    @audriusg4114

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hmmmmmmmmmmmm speak Lithuanian

  • @afrent9296

    @afrent9296

    4 жыл бұрын

    Laba diena lol I kinda feel weird using Lithuania in KZread idk why

  • @milkpastasoup8960

    @milkpastasoup8960

    4 жыл бұрын

    I'm too westernised to even know of this. The only person that speaks of the history is my dad.

  • @yndsu

    @yndsu

    3 жыл бұрын

    We always win. Remember WW1 when we had to fight together against the Prussians and the Russians!

  • @flex5002

    @flex5002

    3 жыл бұрын

    koks baltic wins.. jeigu rusai noretu tai tas pats kaip niekas uzsiimtu i vel televizijos boksta nejaukauk gerai.... :)

  • @christopherjustice6411
    @christopherjustice64114 жыл бұрын

    So, the Soviet Union could handle 1. The White Russian Army 2. Nestor Makhno's army of Anarchists 3. The Freaking Nazis 4. Hungarian Revolutionaries 5. Czechoslovak College Students But not a bunch of signing Baltic people?

  • @falseprophet4927

    @falseprophet4927

    4 жыл бұрын

    they were weakened at the time but yeah.

  • @Kert69

    @Kert69

    3 жыл бұрын

    Singing is strooiong C:

  • @lifecycles9861
    @lifecycles98615 жыл бұрын

    Fuck, I cant stop crying! These songs are so beautiful, I always sing them proudly on indipendence days of Estonia and yes we have 2 indipendence days.

  • @deividaspupelis1280
    @deividaspupelis12805 жыл бұрын

    Wow finally you made a video where I participate thats so cool that you recognize such a small countries such as Baltic, Mr. Beat greetings from Lithuania

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yay! I hope to someday visit your country. :)

  • @Artur_M.
    @Artur_M.5 жыл бұрын

    I was planning to watch the whole playlist in order but eventually skipped a couple of videos to get to this one. I'm very happy that this revolution got included in this collaboration. You did a great job presenting it. A little known interesting aspect of this revolution is that one of the Soviet military commanders stationed in the region was privately very sympathetic towards the revolutionaries wanting independence, supposedly going as far as disobeying orders. I'm talking about Major General Dzhokhar Dudayev. You might have heard about him in the context of his later attempts to gain independence for his own homeland, which sadly wasn't that peaceful or successful.

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the kind words and for sharing that.

  • @konfunable

    @konfunable

    5 жыл бұрын

    Dudayev was true hero and patriot of Chechnya. It is so sad he lost and Chechnya now is one of the worst hell holes controled by mafia.

  • @gadyariv2456
    @gadyariv24565 жыл бұрын

    I like it how the most of the videos involve a lot of death and violence, but you managed to find a revolution that centers around singing.

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    5 жыл бұрын

    lol yeah. I get tired of war and violence. A bit even slipped into this video, though.

  • @emilandreasson9670
    @emilandreasson96705 жыл бұрын

    This is beautful, why am I crying?

  • @aleks5717
    @aleks57175 жыл бұрын

    As a fellow Latvian, I thank you for bringing light to how the Baltics achieved indpendence in rather peaceful and non-provocative manner. With the stories my parents told me about their childhood during USSRs control and the general way of Soviet rule, its safe to say that the Soviet regime simply surpressed the non-Russian republic cultures/traditions in the arogant belieft that Russias 'communist' ideals were above all others. I don't believe socialism nor communism shouldnt be as advocated as it is, as most people dont know the extent of human loss it resulted into in both USSR and Communist China. However, that does not direclty mean capitalism is the perfect system, although it is responsible for the sheer pace of technological and economical growth advancement, it often doesnt count in the external costs like pollution and so on. went on a bit of a tangent and just felt like writing something, anyways cheers for the video

  • @dams6829

    @dams6829

    5 жыл бұрын

    As fellow Latvian I agree

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for sharing your thoughts. You have a balanced outlook. I hope I did your revolution justice!

  • @bobmcewen5314

    @bobmcewen5314

    5 жыл бұрын

    BTW...the more capitalistic the economy, the cleaner the air & water. The more socialistic (government ownership) the greater the pollution.

  • @dargondude2375

    @dargondude2375

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@bobmcewen5314 this just confuses me

  • @SpaceMarine500

    @SpaceMarine500

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@bobmcewen5314what

  • @ugnikalnis
    @ugnikalnis4 жыл бұрын

    I'm from Lithuania. Thank you for raising this topic in to the light! You can dig deeper in our Baltic History and make a video.

  • @thesireen
    @thesireen4 жыл бұрын

    The baltics: *SING* USSR: *CONFUSION IN RUSSIAN*

  • @lucid.lucifer8075

    @lucid.lucifer8075

    4 жыл бұрын

    The Baltics used 'Sing' USSR's health has been taken down to 5% USSR has been confused.

  • @chrisnemec5644
    @chrisnemec56445 жыл бұрын

    Very nice. It's always good to see that people can affect change without resorting to violence. Edit: Now that I've just binged watched the series, I have to say yours is the best, Mr. Beat.

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    5 жыл бұрын

    Heck yeah :)

  • @zach7193
    @zach71935 жыл бұрын

    Man, a revolution of singing that had little bloodshed. Amazing.

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    5 жыл бұрын

    Exactly

  • @danielamatveja1193
    @danielamatveja11935 жыл бұрын

    Im Latvian and im proud of my ancesters of doing this Because now we can live in peac

  • @MegaToonzNetwork

    @MegaToonzNetwork

    Жыл бұрын

    But.....LATVIANS ARE A WARRIOR RACE OF RAPPERS!!!!

  • @lukedetering4490
    @lukedetering44905 жыл бұрын

    Only fitting you get this one, Mr. BEAT

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    5 жыл бұрын

    That's what some of the other collaborators for Project Revolution were saying. :)

  • @franciscomm7675

    @franciscomm7675

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@iammrbeat well suited

  • @EpimetheusHistory
    @EpimetheusHistory5 жыл бұрын

    That song sounds super awesome! Definitely the best sounding revolution...Great video man!

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thanks colleague!

  • @aburrki6732
    @aburrki67325 жыл бұрын

    7:45 small detail but the events you're describing happened after Lithuania declared independence not before. On January 13th soviet forces occupied Vilnius ( pronounced kind of like "will news") killing 14 peaceful protesters and injuring several others.

  • @nicholasbeck7872
    @nicholasbeck78725 жыл бұрын

    Great video, Mr. Beat. Thank you.

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thank YOU :)

  • @potatojo9013
    @potatojo90135 жыл бұрын

    Finally someone talked about this

  • @lucid.lucifer8075
    @lucid.lucifer80754 жыл бұрын

    420 miles. . .. us Baltics know what up!

  • @tristenwendling
    @tristenwendling5 жыл бұрын

    Possibly your most odd video you’ve made. Yet it has become one of my favorites! Good Job!

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thanks :) I often try to "out odd" myself.

  • @sargonofakkad6015
    @sargonofakkad60155 жыл бұрын

    "Say its 1986 and you are in Soviet Union" I really hope i am not anywhere near Belarus or Ukraine

  • @belstar1128
    @belstar11285 жыл бұрын

    80s music was so good it could stop the 2nd biggest army in the world

  • @GigAHerZ64
    @GigAHerZ644 жыл бұрын

    1:35 REdeclare independence. It was a restoration of countries' independence that were occupied by the soviets. You know, those countries were independent between both world wars, right?

  • @Soliloquy084
    @Soliloquy0845 жыл бұрын

    It's pretty awesome what they managed to achieve with peaceful action ... but did they have to make such a song and dance about it! (now that I'm a dad, these are my jokes, it's a rule apparently) Also, It was great to take part in this collab with you.

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    5 жыл бұрын

    I'm a Dad. I totally loved that.

  • @TheTeoras1
    @TheTeoras14 жыл бұрын

    8:45 Kinda a shame you didn't mention the Lithuanian events a bit more. Lithuania, just like Latvia and Estonia had to defend their capitals against Soviet troops who tried to seize important buildings, such as the TV tower in Vilnius and other important government buildings. Otherwise, pretty good video.

  • @vytautassulcas6494

    @vytautassulcas6494

    Жыл бұрын

    agree. I personally was one of those who sat the winter nights around Lithuanian Parliament

  • @douglasgw1992
    @douglasgw19925 жыл бұрын

    Who gave you a green screen Mr.Beat!? And why weren't you my teacher in high school!?

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    5 жыл бұрын

    I just painted a wall green in my basement lol. And I can be your teacher now? Every Friday morning (usually).

  • @douglasgw1992

    @douglasgw1992

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@iammrbeat I look forward to the classes!

  • @hiieposti4168
    @hiieposti41684 жыл бұрын

    I hate when people say Estonia is super young, like 29 years, but it's actually 102yrs. Big difference

  • @TwistedEgg

    @TwistedEgg

    3 жыл бұрын

    Its even worse with lithuania. Lithuania existed since he muddle ages

  • @hiieposti4168

    @hiieposti4168

    3 жыл бұрын

    Estonians have been on the same place too for centuries, but we weren't free. But I think Lithuania's state is worse,

  • @djirodymas787
    @djirodymas7873 жыл бұрын

    You should really watch "How we played revolution". It shows a lot about Lithuania's part of going against Soviets through singing. Also, before the singing revolution there was anti-soviet/anti-nazi guerilla warfare (bloodiest in Europe's history afaik) that was eventually squashed. Great video!

  • @TheSkult
    @TheSkult5 жыл бұрын

    Great video! As a Latvian myself I appreciate people shining light on this topic as few people outside the Baltic know about this event. Can I also mention that before all these events there were secret meetings that discussed independence (my grandmother participated in these meetings).

  • @dhooth
    @dhooth5 жыл бұрын

    I had heard about this some time ago in Estonia and found it really interesting. Best revolution 10/10

  • @StayInterested
    @StayInterested5 жыл бұрын

    Super interesting topic! I'm almost done watching the entire playlist!

  • @connorm2975
    @connorm29754 жыл бұрын

    I am in the process of writing a research paper on this amazing topic. Thanks for such an informative and concise video!

  • @Artomers
    @Artomers6 ай бұрын

    WHAT MR BEAST IVE BEEN A FAN FOR QUITE A WHILE I HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS VIDEO. It means a lot, thank you!!!

  • @aphroditeaquarius8710
    @aphroditeaquarius87105 жыл бұрын

    My great grandmother,my grandma,my mother ecs they were all part of this singing revolution💪❤

  • @rosswebster7877
    @rosswebster78775 жыл бұрын

    Great video as always Mr. Beat! Sorry I’m late to the party. It took a while to get through the rest of this fantastic revolutions series. I heard about The Singing Revolutions before, but wow! They kind of put Woodstock and Live-Aid to shame. A great follow-up might be about the rock band, The Plastic People of the Universe and The Prague Spring.

  • @OrbitalAstronaut
    @OrbitalAstronaut4 жыл бұрын

    Great video. Really enjoyed it.

  • @mercedesveermae5789
    @mercedesveermae57893 жыл бұрын

    This was thw first actually accurate video about History of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania I've seen on you tube

  • @lihtsaltkristjan7331
    @lihtsaltkristjan73315 жыл бұрын

    Greetings from Estonia.

  • @hilmust6278
    @hilmust62783 жыл бұрын

    The Forest Brothers who fought and died for each other in the 50s for the baltic states: am i a joke to you?

  • @aistesmigelskaite8758
    @aistesmigelskaite87584 жыл бұрын

    7:44 You mean "before". We declared our independance on March 11th, 1990. Those fourteen people were killed on January 13th, 1991, almost a year after the declaration of independence. Edit: And the baricades in Latvia were build after the agression of USSR in Lithuania.

  • @veebuk8522
    @veebuk85225 жыл бұрын

    8:34 lithuania had the same thing but it cost 14 lives

  • @JakisNojus

    @JakisNojus

    4 жыл бұрын

    7:40

  • @itsbrittnaybittchh8809
    @itsbrittnaybittchh88095 жыл бұрын

    Great information 👍 thanks Mr. Beat! I agree singing is a better alternative to genocide

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    5 жыл бұрын

    I'm glad you agree. :D

  • @itsbrittnaybittchh8809

    @itsbrittnaybittchh8809

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@iammrbeat well I gotta say, I wouldn't want to meet the guy who disagrees with that!

  • @TLGWxGolden
    @TLGWxGolden Жыл бұрын

    I'm from Lithuania it's amazing to see The Baltic State united together to regain freedom and Mr. Beat Will you make video to compared all 3 Baltic State's? I would love to see this it

  • @swanskogjsson151
    @swanskogjsson1514 жыл бұрын

    One of the greatest revolutions in modern time.

  • @02_aldebaranrahmanadhitya95
    @02_aldebaranrahmanadhitya955 жыл бұрын

    Cool Baltic States

  • @aphroditeaquarius8710
    @aphroditeaquarius87105 жыл бұрын

    Its an honor to be Estonian💪❤

  • @conversationtosaurusrex
    @conversationtosaurusrex5 жыл бұрын

    Still amazing as always

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thanks :D

  • @conversationtosaurusrex

    @conversationtosaurusrex

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@iammrbeat You're welcome

  • @ilonasjoberg3480
    @ilonasjoberg34805 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much!

  • @TheHestya
    @TheHestya3 жыл бұрын

    I think a very key point is that we had been occupied by many countries over the years. All the Baltic countries had experienced the same oppression. And we all saw each other as brothers and sisters not just through being neighbours, but through joined suffering. Russians had tried to destroy our music, language, books and history before and our writers, poets and anyone able to save and write down our traditions to keep them alive did so for centuries. Which is why so much of our pagan culture is still alive. We fought hard to keep it. During the Soviet Union, there was a lot of censorship of the radio, TV, newspapers etc so the ways of telling the rest of the world that our occupation was forceful and that we didn't want to be a part of the Union were very limited. There were casualties as part of protecting our radio and TV from Soviets during what we call The Barricades. They still do not admit and have not apologised for the suffering they brought us (I know they say they're a separate country, but to us it's always been just good old Russia oppressing everyone they could). We are a peaceful nation that has suffered for many centuries and have had to fight back occupants repeatedly. Today we can just celebrate our culture and tradition, which is such a big deal. P.S. Every 4 years we have a song and dance festival in Latvia that's all about folk songs and dances. It's amazing, we have absolutely amazing choirs and it's impressive as fudge. Check it out.

  • @joanignasi91
    @joanignasi915 жыл бұрын

    If you gaze long into a video on the singing revolution gazing into itself the singing revolution stares back at you

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    5 жыл бұрын

    I shall try it

  • @vikstankus1743
    @vikstankus1743 Жыл бұрын

    Well done, showing the unbreakable human spirit to not give up, and to achieve freedom.

  • @NeedsMoreSubs
    @NeedsMoreSubs5 жыл бұрын

    Um... I'm here to support history on KZread. Uh... thank you to everyone involved in this thing. I'm feeling more well informed by the hour.

  • @nickgigante2855
    @nickgigante28555 жыл бұрын

    The miles though *N I C E*

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    5 жыл бұрын

    Brett?!? I didn't know you were a fan of the channel!

  • @nickgigante2855

    @nickgigante2855

    5 жыл бұрын

    Mr. Beat gotta go with the facts

  • @Galaxia7
    @Galaxia73 жыл бұрын

    Omg I was confused at first what the video would be about but then you said your first words and I remembered ESTONIA (must have learned that from geography now)

  • @RachaelMarieNewport
    @RachaelMarieNewport4 жыл бұрын

    This is so cool 💖

  • @math1ass10
    @math1ass103 жыл бұрын

    Sabaton needs to make a song about baltic states.

  • @eglunasklimavicius9771
    @eglunasklimavicius97719 ай бұрын

    ❤Aciu. Thank you!!!

  • @Heikinnen0301
    @Heikinnen03012 ай бұрын

    Never forget the Heroes who fought for Freedom 🇫🇮💪🇪🇪🇱🇹🇱🇻

  • @kristinaherself5575
    @kristinaherself55754 жыл бұрын

    I really appreciate you making this video because the Baltics deserve recognition for their strength. However, there are a few small but vital pieces of fact that I wish could be corrected: Lithuania declares independence: March 11, 1990 Soviet soldiers forcefully try to retake the power in Vilnius, killing 14 Lithuanian civilians: January 13, 1991 (a month after Gorbachev received the Nobel Piece prize)

  • @bt7_master
    @bt7_master4 жыл бұрын

    My grandma was Part of this and I think it is an event to be remembered forever

  • @lithuanianinbound589
    @lithuanianinbound5894 жыл бұрын

    Im a lithuanian and i wanna say we ware forced to join the SSSR

  • @SiiriRebane
    @SiiriRebane Жыл бұрын

    correction: phosphorite was mined in Estonia already before those plans. near Tallinn whole villages were destroyed. just this new mining plan was expanded to very sensitive areas where they might've had very bad results in local waters and all region's water system, bc around there where biggest mining was planned, are beginnings of many rivers. and rumor has, this phosphorite was not even very good as fertilizer. so those plans were made essentially, just to eff up Estonian land, bc they can. could. did not, in fact.

  • @Auri713Real
    @Auri713Real4 жыл бұрын

    Its been 30 years form that time Greethings from Lithuania:)

  • @YZhou-mq1bw
    @YZhou-mq1bw Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for sharing. The Baltics are great people, anyone as a human should be proud of them.

  • @MamaKiaune
    @MamaKiaune4 жыл бұрын

    Such a joy that people start learning more about singing revolution! There is one more quite cool documentary about it called "How we played the Revolution", so if you are interested in the topic try to check it out (not sure if it' possible to find it in English). However, I noticed a few mistakes in the video. The order of the events which happened in Lithuania were kind of messed up. The actual timeline goes like that: 23 August 1989 - Baltic way 11 March 1990 - Lithuania declares the renewal of the independence 13 January 1991 - events mentioned in 7:42 also known as "January Events" or "Bloody Sunday", very similar to what has been mentioned at 8:08 about Latvia, but 14 peaceful people were killed in Lithuania 31 July 1991 - the events mentioned at 7:50 6 September 1991 Lithuania's Independence was finally recognized by Soviet Union

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing!

  • @trashboat2687
    @trashboat26875 жыл бұрын

    This guy is genius with the KZread name. I thought it said Mr. Beast

  • @shannonbeat

    @shannonbeat

    5 жыл бұрын

    ChrisENT Just his name. :)

  • @eldermoose7938
    @eldermoose79385 жыл бұрын

    that's so wholesome

  • @whyamihere832
    @whyamihere8325 жыл бұрын

    Cool!

  • @KutsugeMindUrmoks
    @KutsugeMindUrmoks2 жыл бұрын

    Feels great to see our little countries mentioned

  • @joryjones6808
    @joryjones68085 жыл бұрын

    So your saying Lin made a musical about the wrong revolution.

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    5 жыл бұрын

    This one was already made.

  • @enrikas__4944
    @enrikas__49444 ай бұрын

    The 14 deaths of January 13th, 1991 you mentioned, actually happened after the declaration of independence in March 11th 1990

  • @thegabas
    @thegabas5 жыл бұрын

    Very cool! I'm a lithuanian myself and i'm very proud of this revolution. :D Edit: Thanks for the heart!

  • @flagsmaster6783
    @flagsmaster67835 жыл бұрын

    Now, It's time for me to sing!

  • @AmirSatt
    @AmirSatt Жыл бұрын

    As a russian, I have to say that I salute them!

  • @gloverfox9135

    @gloverfox9135

    Жыл бұрын

    No you don’t. Most Russians secretly wish that the baltics get ruled by them once again

  • @SpatsirkSpart
    @SpatsirkSpart5 жыл бұрын

    The construction of the dam on Daugava wasn't the only environment related protest in Latvia. Both the construction of a nuclear power plant and the Riga metro got protest

  • @SpatsirkSpart

    @SpatsirkSpart

    5 жыл бұрын

    Should have also mentioned the song "Atmostas Baltija" that's sung in all 3 Baltic states languages about the Baltics waking up during the revolution

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing.

  • @SpatsirkSpart

    @SpatsirkSpart

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@iammrbeat Always happy to share some of my countries history