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For my CanLiet shippers out there 😊
I made my own community about my most favourite and beloved OTP CanLiet, this rare ship needs more love, appreciation, support and content!
You all can feel free to join it you all feel like 🙂😊💜🩵🩷❤️💝✨️
LOOK, LIETUKR HOLDING HANDS!!
Now that I have your attention, here’s a really cool historical event🫶🏼
Battle of Ula happened as a part of broader Livonian war that started when Muscovy (later: Russia) under Ivan the Terrible attacked the weakening state of Livonian Order. One small problem – that gradually dragged all its neighbours in. Initially, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Ruthenia and Samogitia suffered losses, notably the city of Polatsk.
Then enter 1564. Muscovy’s army of ≈24 000 is rapidly advancing. So those ≈12 000 of Lithuanians and Ruthenians (self-identification term for Ukrainians and Belaruthians back then) figured that (early) modern problems require (early) modern solutions.
The battle destroyed all stereotyped ideas about military art of the early modern era. It happened not in a warm season, but in winter. It started neither in the morning nor in the afternoon, but in the evening, that is, it happened in the dark hours of the day. And it ended up a crushing defeat for Muscovy, partly due to sheer well cooperation between Lithuanians and Ruthenians, and overall their tactics, like a surprise attack of both army flanks on the forested Ula river.
Also even though they won, they didn’t manage to re-take Polatsk and some other vital terrirories to the East of the Grand Duchy from Muscovy YET (hence Belarus is not there). And this became one of the reasons the Grand Duchy completely united with Poland in 1569 (Unia Lubelska).
HAPPY LIETUVA DAY FOLKS 💥💥💥
The first country to leave the soviet empire, love him for it. But that happened on March 11th; as for today, it is the anniversary of the independence day from russian empire in 1918. I love this guy
I think this is canon😶🌫️😶🌫️😶🌫️