Abstract. The magazine “Culture. Nation” continues Mr. L. Karpovich’s historical stories about our homeland, based on postage stamps. This time the author provides a detailed description of events in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, especially concerning the 16th and 17th centuries. The discussion focuses on the activities of such prominent figures as A. Jagiellonczyk, Sigismund I the Old, F. Skaryna, Sigismund Augustus, S. Batory, K. Ostroski, Sigismund Vasa, J. K. Khadkevich, and on such events as the Battle of Orsha, the issue of the Statute of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the Lublin and Brest Unions, the Livonian War, the Reformation and the Counter-Reformation.

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