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MrLombard

1 Oct 2012

History / Poland-Lithuania would we be better off together? [16]

Dear Friends, I often ask myself -would we be all better off together today if we stayed one country?

I know Poles feel good about Lithuanians, however I was surpised reading some of the news stating Lithuanians do not trust/like the Poles.
Why would this be? We have been one country for centuries, we were the largest and strongest state in Europe. The Commonwealth was growing ecnomically and had an impresive military until late 1600s.

Would Lithuania be better with Poland instead of joining USSR?

Do Lithiunians retain any of the sentiment to our brotherhood as we do?

MrLombard

2 Oct 2012

History / Poland-Lithuania would we be better off together? [16]

restoring the Rzplita Obojga Narodów. That would have most likely contained or even prevented the spread of Soviet power.

That's true, Muscovy without Lithuania, and Belarus (Ruthenia) were not too strong as we look at the history,
WWI and WWII could not be so devestating to such strong country annd definetly USSR could have been a smaller threat.

. Lithuania is a small country whose politicians share a besieged mentality,

it's amusing from the context of contemporary Lithuanians viewing the Commonwealth as somehow a Polish construct with Lithuanians as a reluctant participants

I've heard it to, and you gentlemen are correct!
Polish and Lithuanian nobility were equal under the law and king, and some of the largest and wealthies magnate clans (Radziwil, Czartoryski, etc) were Lithuanians. Also the priviledges and the laws were the same for both the Crown and Lithuania, and they both had their representatives in the Seym.

So what kind of opression would this be?