Fairly said, Lithuanians hate Polish. At least the older ones, because I think it doesn't concern the youngsters this much, as the times changed. But yeah, Polish and Lithuanians living nearby each other tend to bring on a personal war.
I haven't met such attitude in Poland, we're rather neutral in this materia, but in Lithuania it seems to be quite a problems, since there's still a lot of Polish living there.
You know, not even a 100 years ago, Wilno was wholly inhabited by Polish, but then they were given an ultimatum - the land's been overtaken by Russia, so they could either turn down their Polish nationality or get out of there to Poland as soon as possible, with nothing. Some people, like my great-grandmother, did the latter and started a new life in Poland with completely nothing, but the rest decided to stay. Then Lithuanians moved in, and now both claim the land as theirs.
What is hilarious - both Polish and Lithuanins there call each other the fucking occupiers xD
One thing that is worth mentioning here, the king (Polish call him Jagiełło, I don't know the English writing of his name, sorry) that united Poland and Lithuania in the Middle Ages - he was a Lithuanian king that married a Polish KING Jadwiga (she was a woman, but because she was a ruler she can't be called a queen, since a queen is a king's wife), is considered a national hero in Poland, and a national traitor in Lithuania xD
I'm sorry for a long post :( I didn't want to make a history lesson here, just clear up some relations between Polish and Lithuanians.
And I'm not standing on either of the sides, I love Poland, but I'm for peace! <3
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I haven't met such attitude in Poland, we're rather neutral in this materia, but in Lithuania it seems to be quite a problems, since there's still a lot of Polish living there.
You know, not even a 100 years ago, Wilno was wholly inhabited by Polish, but then they were given an ultimatum - the land's been overtaken by Russia, so they could either turn down their Polish nationality or get out of there to Poland as soon as possible, with nothing. Some people, like my great-grandmother, did the latter and started a new life in Poland with completely nothing, but the rest decided to stay. Then Lithuanians moved in, and now both claim the land as theirs.
What is hilarious - both Polish and Lithuanins there call each other the fucking occupiers xD
One thing that is worth mentioning here, the king (Polish call him Jagiełło, I don't know the English writing of his name, sorry) that united Poland and Lithuania in the Middle Ages - he was a Lithuanian king that married a Polish KING Jadwiga (she was a woman, but because she was a ruler she can't be called a queen, since a queen is a king's wife), is considered a national hero in Poland, and a national traitor in Lithuania xD
I'm sorry for a long post :( I didn't want to make a history lesson here, just clear up some relations between Polish and Lithuanians.
And I'm not standing on either of the sides, I love Poland, but I'm for peace! <3