It wasn't that much of an empire, more like a loose conglomerate of feudals under a single crown. Actually, that was the time when Lithuania started to became the backwater of the neighborhood. And in its heyday, trying to put a pawn king on a Russian throne, Lithuanian past was all but forgotten.
Regarding the Soviets, it's just a tricky game - what is the judging point for better and for worse? The state of things before? Any other similar country in the world? At least Lithuania regained Wilno, Memel and some other truly Lithuanian territories, became a nation-state, preserved language and cultural heritage and got industrial base and infrastructure it hadn't dreamed about. I am not talking about Europe, just this corner.
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Date: 2011-07-15 08:39 am (UTC)Regarding the Soviets, it's just a tricky game - what is the judging point for better and for worse? The state of things before? Any other similar country in the world? At least Lithuania regained Wilno, Memel and some other truly Lithuanian territories, became a nation-state, preserved language and cultural heritage and got industrial base and infrastructure it hadn't dreamed about. I am not talking about Europe, just this corner.