MrLombard
2 Oct 2012
History / Poland-Lithuania would we be better off together? [16]
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.
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?
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?