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History of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the Works of Russian Émigré Historians

Известия Уральского федерального университета. Серия 2: Гуманитарные науки
This article studies and analyses the formation and construction of the history of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania by historians of the Russian diaspora and the preservation of its memory among the Russian emigration, and among young people in particular ...
Ekaterina Anatolyevna Samylovskaya, Regina-Elizaveta Antonovna Kudryavtseva   +1 more
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Hybrid Texts in Slavic Languages in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania

Studia z Filologii Polskiej i Słowiańskiej
This article discusses the most widespread types of hybrid texts in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The study analyses both original and translated texts produced by Slavs and ethnic minorities, namely Armenians, Tatars and Jews.
Alla Kozhinowa, Alena Rudenka
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The Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the 14th century

Mediaevalia historica Bohemica
The article analyses the statehood model of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the 14th century. The evaluation of various parameters and the state’s dynamics have led to the identification of several models for describing the Grand Duchy’s statehood.
Vytas Jankauskas
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Mummies tell stories: CT investigation of eight members of the Kėdainiai elite (Grand Duchy of Lithuania, 17th-18th centuries AD). [PDF]

Front Med (Lausanne)
The objective of this study is to evaluate the mummified remains of eight high-ranking people buried in two crypts of the Evangelical Reformed Church at Kėdainiai, Lithuania.
Piombino-Mascali D, Girčius R, Tamošiūnas A, Jankauskas R, Brindzaitė R, Kozakaitė J.   +5 more
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Directions of Cultural Transfer in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania: Pochaiv–Vilnius (18th–Early 19th Centuries)

Lietuvos Istorijos Studijos
The article deals with the issue of cultural relations between Lithuania and Ukraine during the 18th and early 19th centuries on the basis of copies of old books preserved in Vilnius University Library.
Ina Kažuro
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Was the Grand Duchy of Lithuania an Empire?

Vilnius University Open Series
The article discusses the question that was raised recently by a number of prominent Lithuanian historians and publicists. Although the idea that the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (GDL) was an empire is absurd form the standpoint of hermeneutical-historicist methodology consequently applied (how can the GDL be called an „empire” if it failed to become a ...
Z. Norkus
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Jewish Correlates of the Notion of The Grand Duchy of Lithuania

Vilnius University Open Series
„Žydiškosios Lietuvos“ ir „Lietuvos žydo“ sąvokos yra tvirtai įsišakniję moderniojoje jidiš ir hebrajų literatūroje nuo antrosios XIX a. pusės. Į klausimus apie šių sąvokų kilmę, amžių ir turinį iki šiol nėra atsakyta. Dažnai dėmesys skiriamas terminui Litvakas ir įvairioms jo tautosakinėms, religinėms, ir etnografinėms prasmėms.
Dovid Katz
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Mathematical knowledge in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania

Poznańskie Studia Slawistyczne
The article is devoted to mathematical knowledge in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. This fragment of the linguistic worldview of the inhabitants of the GDL is modelled on the basis of the other authors’ works and the study of the relevant Ruthenian vocabulary.
Alena Rudenka
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Old Testament translations in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and their contexts

Vilnius University Proceedings
From the 15th century onwards, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a multiconfessional and multicultural state. Apart from Lithuanians, its population comprised Ruthenians (the ancestors of Belarusians and Ukrainians), Poles, and smaller Jewish, Tatar, and Karaim communities.
Gina Kavaliūnaitė
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The Grand Duchy of Lithuania as Reflected in the Russian Historiography

Vilnius University Open Series
The paper deals with the image of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the Russian historiography and traces its evolution from the early 19th century to the present. The author assumes that the main feature, characteristic of the Russian historical discourse of the GDL, lies in efforts to inscribe the GDL history into the Russian national narrative.
Michail Krom
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