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The 53 pages that link to Grand Duchy of Lithuania, each with the reason it gives.

• Kievan Rus'Related: It incorporated many western Rus' territories after Kyiv's political decline.

• Union of LublinRelated: It entered the union while retaining its own laws, offices, and army.

• Battle of GrunwaldRelated: Lithuania’s alliance with Poland demonstrated its growing power against the Order.

• Ivan III of RussiaRelated: Lithuania controlled many lands claimed by Moscow and was Ivan’s principal western rival.

• JogailaRelated: Jogaila’s Lithuanian authority remained a foundation of the Polish-Lithuanian relationship.

• Belarusian languageRelated: Its administration used Ruthenian, a key antecedent of Belarusian literary culture.

• Dmitry DonskoyRelated: Lithuanian alliances and campaigns shaped Dmitry’s western frontier and rivalries.

• VilniusRelated: Vilnius developed as its political center and later capital.

• Jan DługoszRelated: Its rulers and armies feature prominently in Długosz’s account of Polish-Lithuanian history.

• PodoliaRelated: Lithuanian rule extended over Podolia after the region’s incorporation in the fourteenth century.

• BoyarRelated: Its Ruthenian nobles shared traditions and titles associated with boyar status.

• Kingdom of Galicia–VolhyniaRelated: Lithuanian rulers gained Volhynian lands during the struggle over Galicia–Volhynia’s succession.

• VolhyniaRelated: Lithuanian rule reshaped Volhynia’s political and legal life after the region’s Rus’ principalities declined.

• East SlavsRelated: Its rule shaped political and cultural life in lands now associated with Belarus and Ukraine.

• MinskRelated: Minsk became an important center within this state after its expansion into the region.

• Rus' peopleRelated: Its growth carried Rus' political and cultural traditions into a new multiethnic realm.

• VitebskRelated: Vitebsk became part of this state during its expansion across Belarusian lands.

• BiałystokRelated: Białystok lay in a region shaped by Lithuanian and Polish political histories.

• Lithuanian JewsRelated: Its rulers granted privileges that helped Jewish communities settle and organize.

• GrodnoRelated: Grodno became a major residence and political center within this state.

• Volyn OblastRelated: Volhynia became part of the duchy during its expansion across the region.

• VinnytsiaRelated: Vinnytsia’s early history is tied to Lithuanian rule in Podolia.

• GomelRelated: Gomel passed under Lithuanian rule as the duchy expanded across Belarusian lands.

• KnyazRelated: Its rulers and regional nobles used knyaz titles within a multilingual political order.

• Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic WarRelated: Its contested Christianization and control of Samogitia shaped the Order’s claims.

• RurikidsRelated: Some Rurikid princes entered the service of a state that absorbed their former lands.

• Vasili III of RussiaRelated: Wars with Lithuania helped Vasili extend Muscovite control westward.