Supposedly one of the most realistic saber duels ever filmed. The actors were trained in Polish saber fencing for months and got so into the scene that one almost killed the other when he stumbled so the director stopped filming.
Soooo russia has not controlled all this territory since the beginning of time?
Don’t tell pitin
Many dont realize Lithuania was the first to invade Russia and Moscow, long before Napoleon. When I was in the Moscow Ring, an old cathedral , a cannon ball hole in the door had a plaque, ….something like “a Lithuanian cannon ball “.