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*In the 14th century, the '''Grand Duchy of Lithuania''' was the largest country in Europe; present-day '''Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, and parts of Poland and Russia''' were all lands of the Grand Duchy. | |||
*With the Union of Lublin of 1569, Lithuania and Poland formed a voluntary two-state personal union, the '''Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth'''. The Commonwealth lasted more than two centuries, until neighboring countries dismantled it in 1772–1795, '''with the Russian Empire annexing most of Lithuania's territory'''. | *With the Union of Lublin of 1569, Lithuania and Poland formed a voluntary two-state personal union, the '''Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth'''. The Commonwealth lasted more than two centuries, until neighboring countries dismantled it in 1772–1795, '''with the Russian Empire annexing most of Lithuania's territory'''. | ||
*As World War I ended, Lithuania's Act of Independence was signed on 16 February 1918, founding the '''modern Republic of Lithuania'''. | *As World War I ended, Lithuania's Act of Independence was signed on 16 February 1918, founding the '''modern Republic of Lithuania'''. | ||