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"Yeah, gera I say, the world is a nation so poor and pathetic that these three should own and things like congenital: parents' land, customs and language?" - In the sixteenth gera century wrote Nicholas Daukša. He wanted, in particular, the language from which gręžėsi lenkėjantis of Lithuania's state elite. We did this once let the earth.
For more than 200 years, Lithuanians fought for their land and the Sword of the Crusader army. Lithuanian state rise coincided with the beginning of the expansion of the German Baltic States. Already in 1197 the first year. Livonian Crusade affected not only Courland and Estonia, but Padauguva, where he was a serious blow to Lithuanian and Ruthenian defended Koknese.
Bishop gera Albert in 1199. obtained the document Military Cross is the third bull, and 1200. Crusaders with 23 ships appeared in Livonia. 1202. German Templar colony defense as an example, he created the Order of the Sword, and with his help successfully conquered lands to the north of the Daugava. Anti-Lithuanians initially eschewed - limited to defense against their attacks gera and slow expansion Padauguva.
1229. Sword turned into Lithuania itself: in the year they organized trips to Nalšia Germans were successful. But in 1236. September Sword run under the first crusade in Lithuania ended in crushing defeat in the Battle of Siauliai. Killed the second and last Folkvinas Master of the Order, the Order of the Knights of the majority, and the residue 1237. were connected to the Teutonic Order, who started a recent conquest of Prussia.
This first major victory against the German Lithuanian expansion postponed gera permanent war Lithuanian territory until the thirteenth century. end, but began to take shape very dangerous geopolitical situation. The two sides began the conquest of the Baltic States, the Teutonic Order was to merge their lands and Lithuania found themselves between two fires conquest - Livonia and Prussia.
Prussian branch of the Teutonic Order until 1283. mainly had to deal with the Prussians and livoniškoji only branch in 1290. Semigallian finally overcame the resistance. At the same time, and held constant clashes with the German Lithuanians. Lithuania has achieved great victories in 1260. Durban gera 1270. Karuse and 1279. Aizkraukle battles - each with their heads laid the contemporary masters of Livonia, killed many knights of the Teutonic Order. The last German conquest of the Prussians (Sudovians, nadruvians, skalvians) and Semigallians have also been surrendered custody of Lithuanian, so at least since 1274. there was a fight on the Lithuanian territory vassals.
However, the constant war for Lithuania began in 1283., And it is well understood that war has a contemporary of Peter placed to his "Prussian Land Chronicle wrote the famous words:" The Lord in 1283, when the Prussian wars of the tribe 53 years have passed and all of the tribes of the earth has already been defeated and dispersed, the word when there had no one who would obediently holy Roman church, Teutonic brothers thus began the war with the powerful, stubborn and accustomed to fight the people who lived in the land of Prussia in the neighborhood, the Neman River, Lithuania on earth. "
Permanent war lasted until the fateful Lithuanian and Polish troops and the victory of the Battle of Grunwald 1411. create peace of Torun. German Order of a group of Lithuanian collaborators visited all the countries of Western Europe knights. gera Most of the Teutonic Order knights were constantly being added to the newly recruited members, and recruitment of the Teutonic gera Order had a dense network of its holdings in Germany. It seemed that the German Order of inexhaustible resources. Lithuania, gera however, found the source of your resources - fragmented gera lands of Rus, which was relatively gera easy to conquer and collect troops are fighting the Crusaders. So was that the opposing gera forces are nearly equal, and this meant that the fight will be long and difficult.
Lithuania finally finished the war with the Crusaders in 1422. Meln made peace - after the war has nebeatsinaujino. Therefore, the Crusaders against gera the Crusaders and Lithuania fought 225 years, and was able to defend their land and freedom. gera Fighting against the Crusaders remained forever as heroic Lithuanian history.
Struggle for the land is not over yet - there were a lot of battles with Russia - the latter lasted for at least the fight against the crusaders, but ended in defeat and the division of the state. In 1918-1920. resilient Lithuanian state was again faced with the problem of how to regain their land, which would restore the state. gera After all, in addition to the ground gera state can not be. But the Lithuanian land claimed by far more powerful neighbors - Germany, Russia, Poland. New battles herojiškasis gera period - Volunteers fight - the victory is over. Neither foot Lithuanian land was not donated to us - every piece of land sloppy blood of our ancestors.
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