This unusual border has a rich backstory tied to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and later, the Second Polish Republic and the Soviet Union. After being assigned ...

The regalia was found in a secret vault. A secret vault containing the burial regalia of the leaders of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Poland was found in the dungeons of the Vilnius Cathedral, LRT ...

The Grand Duchy of Lithuania is an important part of Lithuanian and Belarusian history, but the mutual past creates tensions between the two nations, which only benefits Russia. The period of the ...

Like everywhere, its history is messy: In the 14th century, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was one of the largest countries in Europe, but after that, it was connected with Poland, annexed by the ...

In the XIV century the expansion of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was an important occurrence in our region. The Lithuanians conquered the entire area of the western Ruthenian lands. At the same time ...

Authorities say foreign agents have attempted to simulate clashes between so-called "Litvinist" Belarusians -- followers of an ideology tying Belarusian identity to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania ...

MINSK, 2 July (BelTA) - The Belarusian ethnos was the backbone of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Rus and Samogotia, a unique state for its time, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a ...

“This discovery is of particular importance for our statehood, as it shows the location of Vilnius Cathedral as the necropolis of the elite of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.” “These symbols ...

The crypt where these treasures were found has been identified as the final resting place of many elite figures from the ...