But while conceding Agree_or_refuse_to_act with Pestel that the American revolutionary Change_of_leadership model of the federal government could be the best form for Russia , the Polish patriotic society could not agree Agree_or_refuse_to_act not only with partaking Participation with this federation establishment Creating , but with the same form of government for unitarian Poland and requested Request for Lithuania , Belarus and Ukraine without any Russian involvement Participation into the affairs of these territories and any Polish federalization Institutionalization .

Approximately two million people joined Becoming_a_member their hands to form Cause_to_amalgamate a human chain spanning Expansion across the three Baltic states – Estonia , Latvia , and Lithuania , which were considered at the time to be constituent republics of the Soviet Union .

The event Social_event was organised Arranging by Baltic pro-independence movements : Rahvarinne of Estonia , the Tautas fronte of Latvia , and Sąjūdis of Lithuania .

Within seven months of the protest , Lithuania became Becoming the first of the Soviet republics to declare Expressing_publicly independence Change_of_leadership .

In a stricter sense , the term refers to the Swedish invasion Attack and occupation Control of the Commonwealth as a theatre of the Second Northern War Hostile_encounter ( 1655–1660 ) only ; In Poland and Lithuania this period is called Name_conferral the Swedish Deluge ( , ) , or less commonly the Russo–Swedish Deluge ( ) due to the Russian invasion Attack in 1654 .

The Grand Duchy of Lithuania became Becoming a Swedish fief , the Polish–Lithuanian regular armies surrendered Surrendering and the Polish king John II Casimir Vasa fled Escaping to the Habsburgs .

Russia took Action advantage of the Swedish setback , declared Expressing_publicly war on Sweden and pushed Motion into Lithuania and Swedish Livonia .

The Livonian War Hostile_encounter ( 1558–1583 ) was fought Hostile_encounter for control Control of Old Livonia ( in the territory of present-day Estonia and Latvia ) , when the Tsardom of Russia faced Confronting_problem a varying Change coalition Collaboration of Denmark–Norway , the Kingdom of Sweden , and the Union ( later Commonwealth ) of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Poland .

In 1576 , Stefan Batory became Becoming King of Poland as well as Grand Duke of Lithuania and turned Change the tide of the war Hostile_encounter with his successes Achieve between 1578 and 1581 , including the joint Collaboration Swedish–Polish–Lithuanian offensive Attack at the Battle Hostile_encounter of Wenden .

Kazakhstan , Slovenia , and Ukraine , played Competition for the first time , in Group C. Belarus , Croatia , Estonia , and Lithuania all did not make it Causation out of the autumn qualifiers and had to wait at least another year .

Large segments of the peoples of Lithuania , Belarus , and the Right-bank Ukraine soon joined Participation the uprising Change_of_leadership .

The Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War or Great War occurred Presence between 1409 and 1411 , pitting Hostile_encounter the allied Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania against the Teutonic Knights .

The Soviet Union dissolved Dispersal in December 1991 , resulting in eleven new countries ( Armenia , Azerbaijan , Belarus , Georgia , Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Moldova , Tajikistan , Turkmenistan , Ukraine and Uzbekistan ) , which had declared their independence from the Soviet Union in the course of the year , while the Baltic states ( Estonia , Latvia and Lithuania ) regained their independence in September 1991 .

The growing and strengthening Grand Duchy of Moscow clashed Hostile_encounter with the Grand Duchy of Lithuania over the territories of the former Kievan Rus ' .

The main objective of Moscow was to capture Conquering Smolensk , an important fortress and trade center , that was part of Lithuania since 1404 .

With the end Process_end of effective German resistance in Byelorussia , the Soviet offensive continued further to Lithuania , Poland and Romania over the course of July and August .

The war took place Process_start in two theaters : northern in Lithuania and southern in Ukraine .

The Polish coup Change_of_leadership d'état attempt in Lithuania refers to a failed attempt by Polish statesman Józef Piłsudski to overthrow Change_of_leadership the existing Lithuanian government of Prime Minister Mykolas Sleževičius , and install Change_of_leadership a pro-Polish cabinet that would agree Agree_or_refuse_to_act to a union with Poland .

After the Sejny Uprising Change_of_leadership , a Polish revolt Change_of_leadership against the Lithuanian authorities in one of the disputed border regions , Lithuanian intelligence intensified Cause_change_of_strength its investigation Scrutiny of the Polish minority and sympathizers in Lithuania , and uncovered Reveal_secret the planned coup Change_of_leadership .

Later the full membership list was obtained Getting and the PMO in Lithuania was dissolved Dispersal .

Their position in Group A would be inherited Giving by Russia , while newly independent former Soviet member states Belarus , Estonia , Kazakhstan , Latvia , Lithuania , and Ukraine began Process_start play in 1993 in qualification tournaments Competition for Group C. The tournament Competition itself would change Change significantly after this year as well .