Poland & Lithuania: A Centuries-Old Love-Hate Relationship
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- Опубліковано 6 сер 2022
- After very briefly examining the relationship between Lithuania and Latvia, it only seemed appropriate to move on to our neighbour to the southwest: The country of Poland. The relationship between Lithuania and Poland is an interesting one. Sadly, it’s not one that is as brotherly as with Latvia. But when you look at the history of the two countries, things make a little more sense.
So, let’s unpack some of it in today’s video!
CORRECTIONS/CLARIFICATIONS:
1. Sejny is not majority Lithuanian; but apparently their numbers are undercounted/underrepresented. Inaccurate information was received on this topic.
2. Jadwiga is referred to in this video as a queen since she was the female ruler - as many other sources also state. However, others refer to her as a female king in the sense that she was the highest ruler.
Sources:
media.efhr.eu/2019/05/22/simo...
www.dw.com/en/lithuania-put-t...
www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english...
www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english...
www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english...
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I am from Poland and never in my life I heard that somebody is talking badly about people of Lithuania. I think we have a big respect for Lithuanians and an element of love because together in the past we were amazing. Moreover, I dont support any kind of war but in my opinion Lithuania should have whole Kaliningrad. I see Lithuanians and Ukrainians and Slovaks and Czechs as brothers. And maybe Hungarian people but recently I am affraid of their relationship with Russia....
Love-hate is probably only how lithuanians feel, Poles mosty like lithuania and dont really have anything against it.
In my eyes i see Poles as good people.Greetings from Lithuania🇱🇹🤝🏻🇵🇱🇺🇦
I`m Lithuanian and I love Poles🤍❤ Latvians are our ethnical brothers (even twin brothers) and poles are historical brothers.
as a Belarusian i wish my country had never been occupied by the regime and was allowed to join the club. the present situation, and being left behind by the neighbours who should be our closest friends, is making me beyond sad
I'm Polish and I never thought bad about Lithuanians. I always dreamed to visit Vilnius, more than countries like Egypt or Spain. I don't know any Pole, who tells rude things about Lithuania..
As a Pole, it saddens me what happened between our people in the interwar period, not only because Poland and Lithuania share a common history, but especially because the period of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was the best time in history for both nations. Even though we shouldn't forget the Polish-Lithuanian war that was started by the Poles, or the Lithuanian atrocities against the Polish civilians, we should treat those events as reminder of our flawed nature, and rebuild our relation in order to avoid those mistakes in the future and stand against the common enemies.
I am Polish so here is Polish perspective: I don’t know many people from Lithuania but the ones I met were one of the nicest and kindest people you can imagine. Food in Lithuania is delicious and country is beautiful. I don’t know anyone in Poland who would say something else than positive things about Lithuania or any Baltic Country so to speak. We love them
As a Lithuanian, I have nothing but respect for our Polish neighbours. The amount of help you're providing the Ukrainians with is incredible. Good job! Greetings from Lithuania
I am from Poland. And no one of my acquaintances has ever spoken badly about Lithuanians.
I'm Lithuanian. I like Poland and its people. We like same food, we like same drinks, we have similar tastes, values, religion and outlook on life in general sense. In fact I can find more things in common with a regular Pole when compared to a Ukrainian. I even feel safer knowing we have such neighbor next to us. Long live Poland!
As a Polish person I never had bad thoughts about Lithuania and never met any Polish person with bad opinion about this country. We have big respect for Lithuania and Lithuanians in general and many Poles even love Lithuania! I am one of such people myself and Lithuania is honestly one of my favorite countries, Regards! :)
Lithuanian here.
I am a Pole in Lithuania, and I have nothing against Lithuanians
Love Poland. Greetings from Lithuania ✌️✌️✌️
From what I see, most Poles and Lithuanians have nothing against each other. Most poles I meet are very friendly and respectful to Lithuanians and admire our shared history. The worst I find are usually super nationalist online keyboard warriors that still argue and fight over rightful ownership of Vilnius.
Ukrainian here.
The Polish-Lithuanian relationship sounds a lot like the relationship between Spain and Portugal. Spanish people view Portugal quite positively and see it as Spain’s “little brother” but my Portuguese friends have told me that they still remember their war for independence and don’t always view Spain quite as positively
As a Lithuanian I love Poland! Very beautiful and strong country, we are blessed to have such great neighbors. 🇱🇹🤝🇵🇱
I am Pole and I've just recently visited Polish-Lithuanian borderlands by bike, including Sejny/Seinai County with Lithuanian minority and the small Lithuanian town Lazdijai or Łoździeje in Polish. The border is completely open with no controls and by looking at the license plates, it seems that people are visiting each other quite often.