 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kuunzwa kweperestroika muna 1987 kwakaita kuti basa rezvematongerwe enyika riitike zvakare, kutanga nzira yekudzorera kuzvimiririra inozivikanwa seKuimba Shanduko. Mushandirapamwe wePhosphorite War wokudzivirira zvakatipoteredza wakava wokutanga mukurusa wokuratidzira kurwisana nehurumende yepakati. Muna 1988, masangano matsva ezvematongerwe enyika akaoneka, akadai sePeoples Front yeEstonia, iyo yakauya kuzomiririra mapapiro ane mwero mubato rokuzvimiririra, uye Estonian National Independence Party yakanyanyisa, iyo yakanga iri bato rokutanga risiri rechiKomonisiti muSoviet Union uye rakanga richida kudzorerwa kuzere kwerusununguko. Vaino Väljas wezvigadziridzo akava munyori wokutanga weEstonia Communist Party, uye pasi pokutungamirira kwake musi wa16 November 1988, Estonian Supreme Soviet yakabudisa Chirevo cheHurumende, ichisimbisa hukuru hwemitemo yeEstonia pamusoro pemitemo yeUnion. Mumakore maviri akatevera, dzimwe nyika dzose dzeSoviet dzakatevedzera muenzaniso weEstonia, dzichizivisa zvakafanana. Musi wa23 August 1989, vanhu vokuEstonia, Latvia, neLithuania vanenge mamiriyoni maviri vakapinda mumuratidziro mukuru, vachiumba cheni yevanhu yeBaltic Way munyika nhatu dzacho. Muna 1990, Kongiresi yeEstonia yakaumbwa senhengo inomiririra vagari veEstonia. Muna March 1991, referendamu yakaitwa umo 78.4 yevavhoti vakatsigira kuzvimiririra, uye panguva yekuedza kuputsika muMoscow, Estonia yakazivisa kudzorerwa kwekusununguka musi waAugust 20, iyo yava zororo renyika reEstonia rinozivikanwa seZuva reKudzorerwa kweRusununguko. 