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Originally posted by Marita
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Originally posted by Zbyszek
Marita, try harder to select more optimistic historic facts. Knights of Smolensk (legions of Smolensk) supported Poles and Lithuanians in their tremendous military effort against the Teutonic Knights and we will soon, on July 15, have another anniversary of brilliant military Slavic victory over the Teutons (it happened oin 1410 in Grunwald). I think Lewski tried to make us find brighter rather than darker historic moments...
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That's right. But Michal_PL demands Kaliningrad for Poland, not me. I think a union of Slavs may be real without mutual historical accusations.
Michal_PL
Are there really 500.000 Poles in Russia? I have some doubts about such numbers. If there are, where are their compact habitations? I have never heard about a problem of Polish autonomy but if it exists I think it may be decided. [/b]
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Marita, I would like to correct your statement by the way. Smolensk was conquered by Lithuanian Duchy and not by Poland in the Middle Ages. Poland had no border with Muscovian state until 1569! Even after Rzeczpospolita had been declared, Smolensk was placed within the borders of Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
As to the number of ethnic Poles in Russia, I do not believe that 500 000 is correct number. Maybe there were as many Poles before the breakup of the Soviet Union. Now, they are in Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine and even Kazachstan.
Kaliningrad for Poland? - no but I was really frustrated that Putin ignored Poland when inviting the presidents to 750-years old Koningsberg.