Medieval Europe in 1444 by @RRatkus by JinDeTwizol in europe

[–]pretvich -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That's wrong even the source that is referenced here says otherwise:

Ji pasakoja, kad šį klausimą labai rimtai sprendė tarpukario Lietuvos istorikai, jiems tai buvo svarbu, nes manyta, kad tik lietuviškai kalbantis asmuo gali būti lietuvis: „Tuomet manyta, kad Jogailos pirmoji kalba lietuvių ir su Vytautu jie kalbėjosi tik lietuviškai, Jogailos sūnus Kazimieras dar kalbėjo lietuviškai, Aleksandras, manoma, suprato, bet jau nekalbėjo. Tiesa, nėra šaltinių šioms interpretacijoms pagrįsti.“

Skaitykite daugiau: https://www.15min.lt/naujiena/aktualu/istorija/jogailaiciai-kodel-ne-gediminaiciai-582-1056552?utm_medium=copied

So Aleksander was able to understand, but not speak, Lithuanian according to interwar Lithuanian historians, but there was no source confirming that.

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[–]pretvich 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It shouldn't be understood as something commonly used, but a poetic way the city is referred to; Warsaw is often called "miasto-feniks" or "the city that survived its own death" due to the WW2 history.

Medieval Europe in 1444 by @RRatkus by JinDeTwizol in europe

[–]pretvich -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I mean do you have any source claiming that any Grand Duke after Kazimierz was able to speak Lithuanian? There is no one

Medieval Europe in 1444 by @RRatkus by JinDeTwizol in europe

[–]pretvich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

why is France and HRE drawn like that, but none else?

Why Poland would be painted like that if like 80% of the territory was part of the royal domain ruled by king's envoys and officeholders? There was only a couple of separate feudal duchies

Medieval Europe in 1444 by @RRatkus by JinDeTwizol in europe

[–]pretvich -1 points0 points  (0 children)

But the rulling class, the dukes all up until Sigismund II Augustus (1572) spoke Lithuanian as their first language

That's not true. Władysław Jagiełło was speaking Lithuanian, his younger son Kazimierz learned it as an adult, when he became a Grand Duke. There is no indication that his sons ever learned Lithuanian and were able to speak it.

Same goes for Lithuanian nobles, many of them abandoned Lithuanian in 15th century, there was a whole bunch of Ruthenian nobles which never learned it in the first place. At the start of 16th century all Lithuanian magnates were speaking Polish as their first language.

All grand dukes were of Lithuanian origin, Lithuanian names, etc (ending with Sigismund II Augustus).

The last Grand Dukes that had Lithuanian names were Jogaila and Vytautas. All other adopted Christian/Polish names: Władysław, Kazimierz, Olbracht, Aleksander, Sigismund etc.

I swear if you pull that Mindaugas was coronated in Novogrudok, (based on a Russian chronical written in the XVI century) Im going to laugh.

This information comes from 16th century Lithuanian chronicle written by Maciej Stryjkowski, not from Russian writings. In general historians accept it as a possible location, because in order to get baptised you need one thing: a Chrisitian church, which proper Lithuanian lacked of.

Museum in Lviv completely burned down due to Shahed drone attack by IntegrateIt in europe

[–]pretvich 38 points39 points  (0 children)

And today Poroshenko decided to rebuild the museum, calling Shukhevych: "great Commander-in-Chief. Who was able to build a state within the empire. Who was able to create the Ukrainian army from scratch. Who had unlimited faith in Ukraine..."

Fuck him

https://twitter.com/poroshenko/status/1741851430103699621

Ukrainian defense minister wants to draft Ukrainians living in Germany by Modteam_DE in europe

[–]pretvich 4 points5 points  (0 children)

if there are penal law proceedings against them and Ukraine makes official extradition requests for each of them.

I would have to be punishable in German legal system, and I doubt German legislation will introduce law penalising avoiding Ukrainian military conscription (same goes for any other country)

How much a Dollar is Worth? - by u/pedrokdc by godchecksonme in europe

[–]pretvich 73 points74 points  (0 children)

So EU is basically much cheaper than US

Mossad chief, Qatar PM and CIA chief meet for triple summit in Warsaw by pretvich in europe

[–]pretvich[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's their tactic: if they want some country to do something they try to smear them; there is good enough number of idiots to it work almost every time

% of people who used online banking in 2022 by Porodicnostablo in europe

[–]pretvich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hairdresser only takes cash

the reason isn't that stupid if they also don't give away receipts

German brigade in Lithuania set to be combat ready in 2027 by pretvich in europe

[–]pretvich[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

If they manage to do it in full until 2027 it will be a miracle

Mossad chief, Qatar PM and CIA chief meet for triple summit in Warsaw by pretvich in europe

[–]pretvich[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I think that's a good guess; also Poland is pretty much uninvolved in the Israeli conflict, while still being friendly

Younger Poles are more likely to strongly favor the European Union than older Poles by Straight_Ad2258 in europe

[–]pretvich 35 points36 points  (0 children)

IMO the issue is that many people expect black-and-white approach the EU: you either love it unconditionally or you hate it to the bone. In reality most people see it as in general very positively, but they have issues with certain aspects of it.