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To: BenLurkin

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 “.


4 posted on 02/23/2025 12:20:58 PM PST by delta7
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The Commonwealth lasted more than two centuries, until neighbouring countries gradually dismantled it between 1772 and 1795, with the Russian Empire annexing most of Lithuania’s territory.


7 posted on 02/23/2025 3:57:20 PM PST by TexasGator
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