 Sezvo Soviet Union yakakurumidza kubvisa mauto ayo muCentral neSoutheast Europe, migumisiro yemhirizhonga ya1989 yakatanga kunzwika muSoviet Union yose. Kurudziro yokuzvisarudzira yakatungamirira kutanga kuLithuania, uye ipapo Estonia, Latvia, neArmenia kuzivisa rusununguko. Zvisinei, hurumende huru yeSoviet yakarayira kuti zvakaziviswa izvi zvibviswe uye yakatyisidzira kuti yaizoita zvechiuto uye kuti yaizoisa zvirango zvoupfumi. Hurumende yakatoenda kure zvokuti nenzira inopokanidzana yakatumira mauto eSoviet Army mumigwagwa yeguta guru reLithuania, Vilnius, kudzvinyirira masangano okuparadzanisamuna January 1991, zvichikonzera kufa kwevanhu 14. 