August 23, 1987, marks the day of the first public Estonian political demonstration meeting, organized by Lagle Parek, Heiki Ahonen, Tiit Madisson Tiit Madisson(1950-2021) was an Estonian activist, writer, and politician. , Eve Pärnaste, and Erik Udam in Hirvepark A park in Tallinn Tallinn, the largest city and capital of Estonia (population 440 000). . .
The people meeting in Hirvepark A park in Tallinn Tallinn, the largest city and capital of Estonia (population 440 000). . demanded the publication of the secret protocols of the Molotov-Ribbentrop agreement signed on August 23, 1939, based on which Europe was divided into spheres of influence. The events in Hirvepark A park in Tallinn Tallinn, the largest city and capital of Estonia (population 440 000). . demolished the atmosphere of fear and paved the way for restoring Estonia's independence.
Tunne Kelam Estonian politician. says that the Hirvepark A park in Tallinn Tallinn, the largest city and capital of Estonia (population 440 000). . rally was the first public, pre-announced political demonstration during the years of occupation. He adds, "Its goal was the truth - the demand to find out the historical truth about what happened to the Estonian people and our neighbors as a result of the Stalin-Hitler abusive match on August 23, 1939."The demand of the participants in Hirvepark A park in Tallinn Tallinn, the largest city and capital of Estonia (population 440 000). . led a path for Mikhail Gorbachev, the president of the Soviet Union from 1980-1991, to admit the existence of the Molotov-Ribbentrop-Pact's secret protocols.
The Soviet Union told the Baltic countries for decades that they joined the Soviet Union willingly and not under any pressure. The protocols, however, opened the secrets and revealed that this was not the case. In 1989, the USSR Congress of People's Deputies annulled the protocols, as they showed the illegal occupation due to the agreement between two criminal predators. Thus we were fully entitled to restore our independent country. " Hirvepark A park in Tallinn Tallinn, the largest city and capital of Estonia (population 440 000). . once again confirmed the old wisdom: the truth sets us free," Kelam adds.