Michael Glinski was the most illustrious member of the family: he studied at the German university, took part as a knight in the Italian Wars, was the most powerful man in Lithuania in the 16th century, but later rebelled and run away with his brothers to Muscovy and helped the Russians to retake the city of Smolensk.
•
These legendary events could have taken place in the 15th century, although the first documented mention of the Glinski princes is made in 1437.
Glinski started retreating towards Moscow and attempted to capture Minsk, Slutsk, Mstsislaw, Krychaw.
In 2005, Mitchell composed the music for The Call of the Toad, written by Günter Grass and directed by Robert Glinskî.