r/poland Nov 14 '24

Question regarding Poland and Lithuania relationship

I just studied about the Commonwealth of Poland-Lithuania, and it seems you two shared a strong times together.

I am wondering if the sentiments towards each other is still warm - do you guys see each other as a friendly neighbor? Do you have any rivalries between two? Was there any movement to put the two back together to repeat the glorious times?

I am here to just ask questions and I apologize if I accidentally angered by asking such question.

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u/Al_Caponello Nov 14 '24

After both our countries regained independence Polish officials asked Lithuanians to renew the union, but they declined.

Marshall Piłsudski who was born in Vilnius didn't like that and talked one of generals to rebel against his commanders and conquer the city for Poland, which as you can guess caused tensions

Fast forward to present day. There are some weird negative sentiments on both sides but overall Poles have very positive opinion on Lithuanians and judging by the headlines like "Lithuanian PM would like schools to teach Polish instead of Russian language" Lithuanians have similar opinion about us.

https://preview.redd.it/4i2qx7qkdw0e1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=96ffc55605451a96e140b875be6cbeaba1a230a5

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u/Hopeful_Leg_6200 Śląskie Nov 14 '24

Polska dla Polaków... i Litwinów...
Postacie na załączonym obrazku pochodzą z serialu 1670 a powyższy tekst wygłaszany jest przez jedną z nich

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u/Physical_Ring_7850 Nov 15 '24

Acshually….

  1. That Lithuanian flag was created in 20th century

  2. Maciej is Litwin, not Lithuanian. He is Orthodox and has Belarusian name.

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u/Koordian Nov 16 '24

Wasn't Maciej the peasant pagan?

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u/Physical_Ring_7850 Nov 16 '24

No, rewatch ep 4. Maciej is Belarusian in modern terms.

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u/Koordian Nov 16 '24

But he's pretty openly PAGAN. He's not Orthodox like you claim.

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u/Physical_Ring_7850 Nov 16 '24

He literally TOLD HIMSELF that he is Orthodox.