State

Grand Duchy of Lithuania

The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a large state in Eastern Europe that expanded across present-day Lithuania, Belarus and Ukraine in the fourteenth century. United with Poland in a personal union and then by the Union of Lublin in 1569, it formed one half of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

Grand Duchy of Lithuania
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Polish-Lithuanian CommonwealthFoundationNovgorod RepublicDeclineGrand Duchy of MoscowMilitaryCrimean KhanateFoundationRepublic of LithuaniaFoundation

Mentioned in 2 state histories

Principality of MinskKingdom of Poland (1385-1569)

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Grand Duchy of Lithuania. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/grand-duchy-of-lithuania
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