POLITICAL SITUATION IN THE BALTIC STATES DURING THE YEARS OF PERESTROIKA (BASED ON THE MATERIALS OF THE NATIONAL HISTORIOGRAPHY)
The article deals with the main stages of the study of political development of the Baltic States in the years of perestroika (1985-1991) and the way it was described in the national historiography. The national historiography review of the period from 1988 to the present day is made on the basis of the work of Soviet and Russian authors.