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1804 Dávid Pethes: "EURÓPA," Debrecen, Hungary, and a detail image showing the label "Lithvania" within "Resza" (Russia). Image: University of Debrecen, Hungary, via www.theeuropeanlibrary.org No, Lithuania did NOT disappear from the map after the 1795 Third (and last) Partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. This oft-repeated statement is another catchy, but inaccurate, myth promulgated by those unfamiliar with 19th- and early 20th-century maps of Europe and the Russ

Detail: "1444 Europe" by ratkatavobratka: https://www.visualcapitalist.com/map-of-medieval-europe-in-1444/ Today's Lithuania, at 25,200 square miles/65,300 square kilometers, is actually bigger than 73 other countries. Just a few countries smaller than Lithuania, yet rarely -- if ever -- described as "tiny": Croatia, Slovakia, Denmark, Netherlands, Switzerland, and Belgium. The map above shows Lithuania/Samogitia in 1444 -- 125 years before formation of the Polish-Lithuanian

Statue of King Mindaugas, Vilnius. image: LithuanianTribune.com A myth not just promoted by the grandson of Spiridon Putin (personal cook to Lenin and Stalin), who imagines that Lithuania has Russian roots, but a "fact" you'll see in online summaries in response to the query "When did Lithuania become a republic, or a separate country?" The typical answer is February 16, 1918. Yet, at the same time, there is general acceptance in referring to the Polish state that became inde