English: During the Baltic Way on August 23, 1989 - where people throughout the Baltic states joined hands as a demonstration for independence from the Soviet Union - people carried with them portable radios such as the one pictures here to be able to tell the exact time when to form the human chain from Tallinn through Riga to Vilnius, that showed the unity of these three states in their quest for independce. Portable radios were also important for people to always stay updated about the quickly changing situation during the struggle for independence. Digitized during the Europeana 1989 Collection days in Warsaw, Poland. Brought by en:Sarmīte Ēlerte.
Radio on photo: portable AM receiver Abava RP-8330, produced by RRR Radiotehnika, Riga