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Dissolution of the Soviet Union - Latvia's protest

Time: Wednesday Nov 18, 1987

Place: Riga, Latvia

Details: On November 18, 1987, hundreds of police and civilian militiamen cordoned off the central square to prevent any demonstration at Freedom Monument, but thousands lined the streets of Riga in silent protest regardless.

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