The effects of Lithuanian culture of the Renaissance in 1547 and in 1549 published the first book i

Join Lithuania BC. Extends until the 7th century. In that time, considered to be the origin of Lithuanian Baltic tribes first appeared. Until the 11th century, their tribal life time in case the name of this society, for the first time in written sources in 1009 took place in Lithuania. (In 2009, Vilnius was the European Cultural Başkenti'y. Lithuania 1000 at the same time. Year was celebrated across the country). In the same year, Gediminas Hill (Gediminas Kalnas) built a wooden castle is located in the historical sources.
Livonyal in 1236 near the city of Šiauliai (the communities living on the east coast of the Baltic Sea) to the knights against Saul War was won. Receiving the approval of their chieftain Mindaugas as King of Lithuania on 6 July 1253 was crowned. (Currently, this date is celebrated as a public holiday in Lithuania. King Mindaugas Day and Republic Day). Vilnius Cathedral, built during the reign of Mindaugas, though, a majority of the people were still pagan.
Grand Duke Gediminas in 1323, sent a letter to the village of German origin, with the guarantee of freedom of religion of the tradesmen and artisans were invited to Vilnius. In 1325, Gediminas, to establish proimport peace on behalf of his daughter Aldona point was the son of the king of Poland. Krev signed with Poland in 1387 with the Treaty, the grandson of Gediminas Jogaila, Poland Princess Jadwiga married, became king of Poland and the Polish-Lithuanian İmpratorlug is established. Despite the strengthened border security, a kind of knight proimport raids did not come last, and in 1390 was burned mostly proimport wood architecture proimport in Vilnius. July 15, 1410 in the Grunwald proimport Battle (in German history Tannenberg, Lithuanian, on Zalgiris known as.)-These medieval Europe has ever seen the most glorious war is one-Teutonic Knights, Jagail and Grand Duke Vytautas been commandeered by the army by the big defeat were defeated. After the war, expanding the borders of the empire in 1430 to become the most wide reaching from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea has decreased.
The effects of Lithuanian culture of the Renaissance in 1547 and in 1549 published the first book in Lithuanian Vilnius University has been established. In 1572 terminating Joagil dynasty, Lithuania's political and cultural marginalization have led to the Polish country's official language, while from 1558 to 1582 between Russia and Sweden proimport and the Livonian War, impratorlug resources consumed.
In the early 18th century, Swedish and Russian forces attempted to seize control of Vilnius, Lithuania, and as a result they participated in Tsarist Russia in 1795. 120 year-long Russian invasion in 1812, his failed proimport expedition to Moscow during Napoleon's brief was interrupted. During this time Napoleon's army of 40 thousand soldiers have died in the famine, and close to Vilnius due to extreme cold. Which is a hotbed of opposition forces against Tsarist Russia Vilnius University proimport in November 1831 Closing In Rebellion was then. The closure of non-Orthodox churches Russification policies continued, and in 1864 the country banned Lithuanian was named the Northwest proimport Region. During this period, the prohibition of the Latin alphabet, increased smuggling from East Prussia books. Another uprising that took place in 1863, in order to re-establish order from Moscow sent "Executioner", nicknamed General Muravyov leaders of the uprising has resulted in hung. In Lithuanian culture and traditions of these pressures led to a revival in 1883, the first Lithuanian newspaper Ausra Basanavičius Jonas' proimport t (Auszr or Turkish Tan) was published.
During the First World War the Germans invaded the country, the Lithuanian Parliament on 16 February 1918 independence was declared. After the withdrawal of German Polish General Józef Piłsudski, Vilnius and the south have taken under control and has continued this occupation proimport until 1939. Poland, the land of the control of the region belong to the pre-war Polish-Lithuanian İmpratorluğu with the argument continued. Kaunas until 1940 was the temporary capital of the country. Between the two wars in the past, this time to Smeto Antanas Lithuania was ruled by nationalist dictator.
On 23 August 1939 and made between Stalin and Hitler in Europe between Hitler's Germany and Soviet Russia shares the secret Molotov-Ribbentrop treaty which ensures, brought the last of Lithuanian independence. Between proimport 1941-1944 the Nazis and their Lithuanian collaborators were massacred 200 thousand Lithuanian Jew. (This figure sum Litvak-of-Lithuanian Jews, 94%). Therefore, the accused is still Litvin and Jews-who are becoming the target of the troika. Almost 300 years remaining under occupation of a nation, proimport because of the three-to-five is not itself as a partner to declare genocide, Russians and Germans who lost their lives in rebellion against, would be great injustice to Lithuanian exiled Siberia. - Red Army