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776 years since the Sun Battle in north Lithuania

The Livonian Confederation in 1260, showing where the Battle of Saule (battle of the sun) took place, near today’s Šiauliai in Northern Lithuania.

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We need more pictures bringing to us memories of Lithuania's past

Thank you for publishing the Siauliai (Saules musis) battle that took place 776 years ago. Stories like that make us proud of our ancestors. This battle is more than just a nice reading to me, i feel personally connected with it. According to my father, the Sliupas's family, long, long time ago lived in the Medininkai forests (present day Medenos miskas), which is just a few kilometers from Meskuiciai, which in turn is just 5 kilometers from the described battlefield. I am sure that my ancestors fought in that battle to save their homes and lives of their loved ones. Even today in the area one finds living people with Sliupas name and the cemeteries are full with those proud relatives of mine.
I hope that sometime you will find space to write about the 1362 battle of the Blue Lakes (Melynuju Ezeru musis), in the present day Ukraine, where Lithuania's Grand Duke Algirdas defeated Murad Khan's raiding armies belonging to Kipchak Khanate of the Golden Horde.

Vytautas Sliupas, P.E.
Burlingame, California

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It's articles like this that make VilNews a great source of information about Lithuanian history
It's articles like this that make VilNews a great source of information about Lithuanian history. Even many third and fourth generation Lithuanian-Americans have expressed their delight in learning about the land of their ancestors. Most of them don't speak Lithuanian, but they retain childhood memories past down from generation to generation about the land their families came from. Thank you, Aage!

Dr. Boris Bakunas, PhD
Chicago

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The surviving Livonians were killed as they tried to flee the battlefield for Riga
48 to 60 Knights were only a small portion of the Livonian Sword Brothers army.. they had amassed a large army composed also of troops from Pskov Republic, Livonians, Latgallians, Estonians. Their lightly armed allies fled the battle and the surviving Livonians were killed as they tried to flee the battle field for Riga.

Source: 
http://mongoliad.com/wiki/
Battle%20of%20Schaulen


Richard Vitkauskas
New York
Category : Opinions



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