Great Video as always! Best promoter of Lithuania 😀👍 As far as I know Scottish helped us to get a Klaipeda city when we were disputing over borders with Latvia. I also knew that Scottish had been involved in Kedainiai city too, here is confirmation I found online: "The Scots arrived in Kedainiai in the late 16th and 17th centuries, serving in the army and Personal Guard of Prince Radziwill. At their most dominant in the 17th century, Scots reached exalted positions, including mayor, court members, clergymen and academics".
Hi, in the 16-19 centuries in Klaipėda was a big community of English merchants. Lithuanian timber was very important for British fleet. Lord Nelson's fleet in Trafalgar batle actually was built from Lithuanian oak and pine. Brits left Klaipėda just when iron changeg timber in shipyards.
Hey, thank you for these interesting videos! It's really nice to hear these things from a foreign person. Have you maybe considered covering the whole story of how Kęstutis basically fell in love and kidnapped his wife, future mother of the Grand duke Vytautas, who was meant to be a Vaidilutė (a virgin pagan priestess) from a pagan shrine? And the whole wars for the Lithuanian throne of Vytautas and his cousin Jogaila situation. The stories of how he escaped captivity dressing up as a woman. And how he allied and betrayed the Teutons multiple times... The resilience of the Samogitians, who were promissed and given away to the Order, etc. How they withstood, despite the odds and so on. You know, that whole Game of Thrones situation part of history :)
Man, you sounded like a historian.. Wow! You ‘re just beating all Lithuanian minds with your knowledge.. The high respect to you buddy!!!👋🤘👋 We would like to see more people from UK to know us better, like a bridge to commonwealth and friendship!!! Take care yourself and stay safe!!!🇱🇹🇺🇸🇬🇧
I learned recently that there was a clan of Scottish people that moved over to Lithuania during the 18th century, called Middleton! Very interesting with my Scottish roots and now Lithuanian other half of family!
@@TheLostBrit I'm not entirely sure, but my wife's great grandad purchased a house from a Middleton apparently! So certainly up until the early 20th century there were Middletons still in Kaunas.
Another little fact that you missed - in 2021 you took over Lithuania so that's why there are no people in sight 😄 Jk, great video, I love the editing!
A little correction during 1864-1904 it was forbidden to print and distribute literature written in Lithuanian in form of latin letters and not the language as the whole. Also the other culturally important dates 1. 1547 when the first book written in lithuanian language was released by Martynas Mažvydas 2. 1579 The establishment of the first university in Lithuania and at the same time the furthest cataholic university in the east Europe. 3. 1812 The establishment of the first antiquity museum in Lithuania by nobleman Dionizas Poška, funny enought it is established in the millennium old oak trunk. 4. 1883 first lithuanian newspaper callled "Auszra" (it would be "Aušra" in modern lithuanian meaning "Dawn") 5. In 1919 women effectively gained right to vote in the democratic elections Lithuania . 6. In 1937 Lithuanians for the first time became champions of the European Basketball Championship.
Nice and really quick. By the way what is left from Kaunas castle is roughly a half of it's perimeter,.The other half collapsed into Neris river and was washed away during 1601-1611 when the castle fell out of use. I suggest that you could expand this topic with Lithuanian press ban, which is also closelly tied to the Polish-Lithuanian uprising of 1863 against Russian Zarist regime. It can possibly tell more about the self awareness of modern Lithuanians.
Lithuanians gave up pagan gods perkūnas and others 200 years later then vikings gave up theirs. it was Longest surviving pagan country in the world Even at this time : baltic states has biggest pagan communities
Lithuanian history in a nutshell: 13th-16th century - Kicking ass 16th-18th century - Kicking ass together with Poland 19th century - present - Trying not to be part of Russia..
After the Union , Polish rulers and nobles pursued bad politics and limited the sovereignty of LT , constantly expressing claims for the lands and supremacy..! And it cost a lot of LDK territory which was up to the Black Sea..!! The Austro-Hungarian , Prussian and Russian empires devoured both and LT and Polish itself , and only excessive greed and stupid politics , when it was necessary to unite and be like brothers , the poles sought only their own benefit , perhaps out of fear the mighty Duchy of Lithuania.!! And it cost freedom for both..!!
From my Polish point of view Lithuania is a very particular country for every Pole as we have a long common history. But there is one thing that strikes me: Lithuania is a country on the Baltic Sea yet for centuries it had only some 15 kilometres of seashore and no seaport ! Only after WWI the Lithuanians captured Klaipeda which since its foundation in the 13th century had always been German. We in Poland have always struggled to have a broad access to the Baltic Sea, our own fleet and to possess Gdańsk since the beginning of our statehood in 10th century.
Yes, I'm really eager to visit Poland and visit some places - obviously with the shared history between the 2 countries it would be fascinating to explore this more... In Kaunas, there is a plaque on the house where Adam Mickiewicz used to live and I'd love to do a video talking about him. Klaipeda was definitely pretty useful for Lithuania, it's obviously helped the country grow a lot more in recent times!
Lithuanian border hasnt changed 1000 years to the shore. Teutonic order took it for a while and thats it.i mean Excluding : nazis , soviets and napaleon.
Great Video as always! Best promoter of Lithuania 😀👍
As far as I know Scottish helped us to get a Klaipeda city when we were disputing over borders with Latvia.
I also knew that Scottish had been involved in Kedainiai city too, here is confirmation I found online:
"The Scots arrived in Kedainiai in the late 16th and 17th centuries, serving in the army and Personal Guard of Prince Radziwill. At their most dominant in the 17th century, Scots reached exalted positions, including mayor, court members, clergymen and academics".
Thank you so much, lovely comment! I heard about the Scots influence in Lithuania actually, really fascinating!
Hi, in the 16-19 centuries in Klaipėda was a big community of English merchants. Lithuanian timber was very important for British fleet. Lord Nelson's fleet in Trafalgar batle actually was built from Lithuanian oak and pine. Brits left Klaipėda just when iron changeg timber in shipyards.
Yes read a little about this - very interesting, next time I'm in Klaipeda I'll investigate more!
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Hey, thank you for these interesting videos! It's really nice to hear these things from a foreign person.
Have you maybe considered covering the whole story of how Kęstutis basically fell in love and kidnapped his wife, future mother of the Grand duke Vytautas, who was meant to be a Vaidilutė (a virgin pagan priestess) from a pagan shrine?
And the whole wars for the Lithuanian throne of Vytautas and his cousin Jogaila situation. The stories of how he escaped captivity dressing up as a woman. And how he allied and betrayed the Teutons multiple times...
The resilience of the Samogitians, who were promissed and given away to the Order, etc. How they withstood, despite the odds and so on.
You know, that whole Game of Thrones situation part of history :)
Thanks, glad you like them! That sounds like a very interesting story ;) I'll have to investigate!
Man, you sounded like a historian.. Wow! You ‘re just beating all Lithuanian minds with your knowledge.. The high respect to you buddy!!!👋🤘👋 We would like to see more people from UK to know us better, like a bridge to commonwealth and friendship!!! Take care yourself and stay safe!!!🇱🇹🇺🇸🇬🇧
Thanks man! I love Lithuania - and hope more people from the UK come and visit this amazing place!
I learned recently that there was a clan of Scottish people that moved over to Lithuania during the 18th century, called Middleton! Very interesting with my Scottish roots and now Lithuanian other half of family!
Very interesting Rich, do their descendants still live in Lithuania?
@@TheLostBrit I'm not entirely sure, but my wife's great grandad purchased a house from a Middleton apparently! So certainly up until the early 20th century there were Middletons still in Kaunas.
Another little fact that you missed - in 2021 you took over Lithuania so that's why there are no people in sight 😄 Jk, great video, I love the editing!
Hahahaha that made me chuckle - maybe I've scared everyone off! Thanks Simona!
A little correction during 1864-1904 it was forbidden to print and distribute literature written in Lithuanian in form of latin letters and not the language as the whole. Also the other culturally important dates
1. 1547 when the first book written in lithuanian language was released by Martynas Mažvydas
2. 1579 The establishment of the first university in Lithuania and at the same time the furthest cataholic university in the east Europe.
3. 1812 The establishment of the first antiquity museum in Lithuania by nobleman Dionizas Poška, funny enought it is established in the millennium old oak trunk.
4. 1883 first lithuanian newspaper callled "Auszra" (it would be "Aušra" in modern lithuanian meaning "Dawn")
5. In 1919 women effectively gained right to vote in the democratic elections Lithuania .
6. In 1937 Lithuanians for the first time became champions of the European Basketball Championship.
Thanks for this - I should have elaborated on the point more! Thanks for taking the time to correct it 😊
@@TheLostBrit Don't worry every dates you have mentioned are really important so everything is good
@@kodilodinoza Thanks :D
being Lithuanian I want to learn more of its history so thanks! I really enjoyed hearing your video :3
Thanks for watching!
Nice and really quick. By the way what is left from Kaunas castle is roughly a half of it's perimeter,.The other half collapsed into Neris river and was washed away during 1601-1611 when the castle fell out of use.
I suggest that you could expand this topic with Lithuanian press ban, which is also closelly tied to the Polish-Lithuanian uprising of 1863 against Russian Zarist regime. It can possibly tell more about the self awareness of modern Lithuanians.
Oh, I didn't notice kodilodinoza already wrote about the latter.
@@fidenemini111 Thanks for the info on Kaunas Castle! And yep - some work to be done on the Lithuanian press ban - perhaps a future video!
This is great, very comprehensive, nice job!
Thank you :D
Nice video!!! 👏
Thanks Ignas!
Thanks for recap!
Lithuanians gave up pagan gods perkūnas and others 200 years later then vikings gave up theirs. it was Longest surviving pagan country in the world Even at this time : baltic states has biggest pagan communities
Very interesting... thanks for the comment :)
Great videos mate, keep them coming! :)
Thanks mate! 😁😁
Thanks once more... :)
Thanks for watching! :D
i am lihuania
GERAS.PASIKLYDĘS...
Filmed in july after a feast of salted fish no doubt...
Haha no this was back in January I think!
Where about do you live in Kaunas?
Currently on Savanorių 😁
Lithuanian history in a nutshell:
13th-16th century - Kicking ass
16th-18th century - Kicking ass together with Poland
19th century - present - Trying not to be part of Russia..
After the Union , Polish rulers and nobles pursued bad politics and limited the sovereignty of LT , constantly expressing claims for the lands and supremacy..! And it cost a lot of LDK territory which was up to the Black Sea..!! The Austro-Hungarian , Prussian and Russian empires devoured both and LT and Polish itself , and only excessive greed and stupid politics , when it was necessary to unite and be like brothers , the poles sought only their own benefit , perhaps out of fear the mighty Duchy of Lithuania.!! And it cost freedom for both..!!
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From my Polish point of view Lithuania is a very particular country for every Pole as we have a long common history. But there is one thing that strikes me: Lithuania is a country on the Baltic Sea yet for centuries it had only some 15 kilometres of seashore and no seaport ! Only after WWI the Lithuanians captured Klaipeda which since its foundation in the 13th century had always been German. We in Poland have always struggled to have a broad access to the Baltic Sea, our own fleet and to possess Gdańsk since the beginning of our statehood in 10th century.
Yes, I'm really eager to visit Poland and visit some places - obviously with the shared history between the 2 countries it would be fascinating to explore this more... In Kaunas, there is a plaque on the house where Adam Mickiewicz used to live and I'd love to do a video talking about him. Klaipeda was definitely pretty useful for Lithuania, it's obviously helped the country grow a lot more in recent times!
Lithuanian border hasnt changed 1000 years to the shore. Teutonic order took it for a while and thats it.i mean Excluding : nazis , soviets and napaleon.
It seems like you live before and just reincarnate to tell those amazing stories 😂
Haha I wish, I love my history!