Myths About Lithuania, #3: "Lithuania Disappeared From the Map After 1795"
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