... the result of this mixture ARE THE BIELARUSIANS ... I think there are no facts which can force some Belarusian nationalists to accept the true history of...
Tomas Baranauskas
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Jan 1, 2001 7:33 pm
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Catholic Encyclopedia- 1908 This is an early 20th Century version of Lithuanian history. Some of the spellings of names and towns are not modern ones. ... In...
Mike Davidchik
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Jan 1, 2001 9:42 pm
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Mike Davidchik
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Jan 1, 2001 9:54 pm
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The Lithuanian linguistic nationalists also need to grow up and face the facts. The Lithuanian ducal dynasty intermarried very extensively with Ruthenians,...
David Zincavage
jdz@...
Jan 2, 2001 1:50 pm
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... the ... significantly ... Nobody deny these marriages. I speak mainly about the early period of the GDL. We don't know who were the wives of the first...
Tomas Baranauskas
baranauskas@...
Jan 2, 2001 7:27 pm
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Mike Davidchik posted an article "Litva","Belaja Rus'"?... by Dmitry Zelenko ... Not historically, but linguistically: "Litva" is a Slavic word which ...
Tomas Baranauskas
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Jan 2, 2001 7:27 pm
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"Tai sakau ne del to, kad noreciau peikti svetimu kalbu mokejima(kuris visiems zmonems visada turejo ir turi savo reiksme ir verte)ypac mokejima lenku kalba,...
Zbigniew Siemienowicz
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Jan 2, 2001 10:36 pm
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It must be stressed that ... A true ethnocentric idiot says such a thing. With "blue bloods," we might follow only the fraternal line, but, anybody with any...
Mike Davidchik
davidchik@...
Jan 3, 2001 4:42 am
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Lithuanians speaking the Lithuanian language today do not possess any unique ethnic purity. Like any other group of people in Europe, they are of diverse...
David Zincavage
jdz@...
Jan 3, 2001 2:14 pm
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... not equal to paternal line. Maternal line ... The tradition is that descent is traced by the paternal line. This tradition was the main principle of...
Tomas Baranauskas
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Jan 3, 2001 6:01 pm
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... I don't want to abandon any period of the Lithuanian history. Everything should be in it's place. But I wonder why you want to abandon early history of...
Tomas Baranauskas
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Jan 3, 2001 6:01 pm
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The early history of Lithuania, which I do not desire to abandon, consists of successful efforts to create a defensible state in order to resist foreign...
David Zincavage
jdz@...
Jan 3, 2001 7:12 pm
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... the ... language ... I can almost agree with these statements, though some corrections and additions should be made: 1) Intermarriage was more common not...
Tomas Baranauskas
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Jan 3, 2001 11:57 pm
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Tomas Baranauskas <baranauskas@...> wrote ... Sluchajcie, szanouny spadar Baranouski, Jakoje z hlupstva vy piszacie! Ci vy kali-kolviek baczyli statut ...
Rydel Bielaruski
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Jan 4, 2001 2:22 pm
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Tomas Baranauskas <baranauskas@...> wrote ... Sluchajcie, szanouny spadar Baranouski, Jakoje z hlupstva vy piszacie! Ci vy kali-kolviek baczyli statut ...
Rydel Bielaruski
rydel23@...
Jan 4, 2001 2:23 pm
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Tomas Baranauskas <baranauskas@...> wrote ... Sluchajcie, szanouny spadar Baranouski, Jakoje z hlupstva vy piszacie! Ci vy kali-kolviek baczyli statut ...
Rydel Bielaruski
rydel23@...
Jan 4, 2001 2:24 pm
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I suspect the principal element of coercion in the union of the Belarussian principalities with Lithuania consisted of the invasion of Europe by the Tartars,...
David Zincavage
jdz@...
Jan 4, 2001 2:27 pm
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The 1573 Confederacy of Warsaw consisted of the nobility of both nations swearing on their own behalf, and for their descendants, to keep the peace and never...
David Zincavage
jdz@...
Jan 4, 2001 2:41 pm
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Those 5000 books must consist in significant part of translations from other languages. The best part of literature produced by Lithuanians, as we all know,...
David Zincavage
jdz@...
Jan 4, 2001 2:51 pm
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How can Lithuanians think of Belarus as not part of Lithuania? Contemporary Belarus is an ephemeral creation consisting of Lithuanian territories and peoples...
David Zincavage
jdz@...
Jan 4, 2001 3:01 pm
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... Belarussian ... Yes, this circumstance played it’s role, but the other circumstances are also important. History is not so simple that you can explain...
Tomas Baranauskas
baranauskas@...
Jan 4, 2001 10:04 pm
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... vy kali-kolviek baczyli statut ... Da, baczyl i Statut, i inszyje krynicy. Tut nie baczyc, ale zrazumiec patrebna. Jaka tut bielaruskaja mova - niet tut ni...
Tomas Baranauskas
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Jan 4, 2001 10:27 pm
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In a modern federation resembling the Rzeczpospolita, you would have 4 million Lithuanians, 39 million Poles, 50 million Ukrainians, and 10 million ...
David Zincavage
jdz@...
Jan 4, 2001 11:51 pm
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That would ne nice to have something similar to Rzecz Pospolita, but it is utterly impossible in the contemporary situation. In terms of unifications we will...
Rydel Bielaruski
rydel23@...
Jan 5, 2001 10:22 am
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... million ... Thank you. We've just escaped from one "federation" with 300 million inhabitants. When Lithuania belonged to it, one poetess wrote: "Lietuva ...
Tomas Baranauskas
baranauskas@...
Jan 5, 2001 10:33 am
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Pytannie pierszaje: Dzie vy vuczylisia bielmovie? Prosta cikava, bo u vas pamylki vielmi nietypovyja ani dla vilenczuka ani dla zychara Bielarusi. Pytannie...
Rydel Bielaruski
rydel23@...
Jan 5, 2001 10:35 am
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Tomas, just replace the acronym "USSR" with the acronym "NATO", and I think this poem can become very popular again. They'll make the kids of Lietuva learn it...
Rydel Bielaruski
rydel23@...
Jan 5, 2001 10:39 am
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... Ja nie vuczylsia, ja tolki knihi belaruskije czytau - a vuczylsia russkaj movie... ... Takich staronak nie viedaju. Kali czytajecie pa niamecku baczycie...
Tomas Baranauskas
baranauskas@...
Jan 5, 2001 1:20 pm
368
Comparing the Rzeczpospolita to the USSR is insulting to the memory of the former. The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was the most liberal and most democratic...
David Zincavage
jdz@...
Jan 5, 2001 1:39 pm
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The idea of creating a federation resembling Rzeczpospolita was floated in Belarusian media in the late 80's. The proposed name for it was: Balto-Black Sea...