Day of the Restoration of Latvian Independence

Day of the Restoration of Latvian Independence (Latvian: Latvijas Republikas Neatkarības atjaunošanas diena) is a Latvian national holiday and event celebrated annually on 4 May. It marks the decloration of restoration of the Latvian Republic by the Supreme Soviet of the Latvian SSR on 4 May 1990. This was the official declaration of the independence from the Soviet Union; the legal declaration, which brought international recognition, was adopted as a constitutional law "On the Statehood of the Republic of Latvia" by Latvian Supreme Council on 21 August 1991, a day after the Restoration Act of Estonia during the August coup. The Soviet Union recognised the Baltic republics of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania as independent states on 6 September 1991. Russian SFSR had done so already on 24 August 1991.

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