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2 unusual facts about Administrative divisions of Lithuania


Administrative divisions of Lithuania

Just before the Union of Lublin (1569), the four voivodeships of (Kiev, Podlaskie, Bracław, and Wołyń) of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania were transferred to the Polish Crown by direct order of Sigismund II Augustus while the Duchy of Livonia, acquired in 1561, became a condominium (joint domain) of both Lithuania and Poland.

When King Mindaugas (1251–1263) unified the state, he killed, expelled, or subjugated most of the regional dukes.



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