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Fire, flood or disaster · 23.08.1987

Hirvepark meeting

On 23 August 1987, the anniversary of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, around 7,000 people gathered in Hirvepark below Toompea in Tallinn. Organised by the dissident group MRP-AEG, led by Tiit Madisson with Lagle Parek, Heiki Ahonen and others, the meeting demanded publication of the pact's secret protocols that had sealed Estonia's fate in 1939. It was the first large public protest against Soviet rule that the authorities did not dare to break up, and it opened the way to the Singing Revolution.

Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today

Eesti keeles

23. augustil 1987, Molotovi-Ribbentropi pakti aastapäeval, kogunes Tallinnas Toompea all Hirvepargis umbes 7000 inimest. Dissidentliku rühmituse MRP-AEG korraldatud koosolek, mida juhtis Tiit Madisson koos Lagle Pareki, Heiki Ahoneni ja teistega, nõudis 1939. aastal Eesti saatuse otsustanud pakti salaprotokollide avalikustamist. See oli esimene suur avalik protest Nõukogude võimu vastu, mida võimud ei julgenud laiali ajada, ning see avas tee laulvale revolutsioonile.

Map of the area around Hirvepark meeting
59.43250° N, 24.74000° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirvepark_meeting ↗

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